Description
The owner of the Providence plantation in Barbados gathers his slaves and informs them that the king has ordered the end of slavery. However, the joy fades when they learn that while they are no longer his slaves, they are now apprentices. No one can leave. They must work for him for another six years. Freedom is just another name for the life they have always led, and so Rachel decides to escape. Far from Providence, she desperately searches for her five children who were sold off from the plantation. Rachel needs to find out if any of them are still alive. The exhausting and dangerous journey takes her from Barbados deep into the jungles of British Guiana, and finally across the sea to Trinidad. She is driven forward by the certainty that she will not find peace until she discovers what happened to her children, no matter what the truth may be... And also by the desire for true freedom.
Information
Author: Shearer Eleanor
Publication date: February 7, 2024
Manufacturer: Euromedia Group, a.s.
Genres: Historical novels, Books, Fiction, Novels
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 280
ISBN/EAN: 9788024951850