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Reading edition
Author of “Alone in West Africa,” “A Woman in China,” “A Broken Journey,” “The Uncounted Cost,” etc.
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. 1
1922
TO
MY FRIEND
MRS LANG
I gratefully dedicate this book.
My Dear Elsie,
I wonder if you remember as vividly as I do the very drastic criticism of a book of mine that first introduced us to each other. My publisher showed it to me with some hesitation because it was so scathing, but it went right to the point. Most of the book was scrapped there and then, and my literary education was begun under your care. It was you indeed who taught me that I needed educating in my art. That is twelve years ago, and I have never since let a book go into the world till it has received your approval. I am afraid I have sometimes tried you severely, but it has always been my ambition to be your prize pupil. I owe more than I can say to my sympathetic teacher.
It is a small thing to offer my latest book to you, but I hope you will accept it with my love and warmest thanks.
Affectionately yours,
MARY GAUNT.
Sainte Agnes, France. 8th September 1921.
CONTENTS
PREFACE
WHERE THE TWAIN MEET
CHAPTER I—BRITAIN'S FIRST TROPICAL COLONY
CHAPTER II—THE WHITE BONDSMEN
CHAPTER III—JAMAICA'S FIRST HISTORIAN
CHAPTER IV—THE CASTLES ON THE GUINEA COAST
CHAPTER V—THE MIDDLE PASSAGE
CHAPTER VI—THE PLANTATION
CHAPTER VII—SLAVE REBELLIONS
CHAPTER VIII—THE MAROONS
CHAPTER IX—THE FOOTPRINTS OF THE YEARS
CHAPTER X—THE MAKING OF CHRISTIANS
CHAPTER XI—THE FREEING OF THE SLAVE
CHAPTER XII—JAMAICA AS I SAW IT