Queen of Freedom

Queen of Freedom

by Catherine Johnson
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Publisher:
Pushkin Children's Books
Genre:Juvenile Nonfiction
Language: en
Published:May 07, 2024
ISBN13:9781782692799
ISBN10:1782692797

About the Book

THE THRILLING TRUE STORY OF HOW ONE WOMAN MASTERMINDED SLAVE RESISTANCE to British rule in eighteenth-century Jamaica - part of the True Adventures series 1720. Blue Mountains, windward Jamaica. High above the army camps and plantations of the British Empire, a group of ex-slaves - called Maroons are building a new home for themselves. When British soldiers enter the forests to hunt them down, one of the Maroons will lead the fight against them - Queen Nanny, a 'wise woman' with a reputation for ancient obeah magic, and a guerrilla fighter of genius. Under her generalship, her people will make a do-or-die defence of their freedom.