In this work, Australian author Mary Eliza Bakewell Gaunt writes about her experiences following her travel to the West Indies. After spending a few months in the old slave colony of Jamaica. She describes the region, its people, and its culture with excellent detail and precision. She talked about Jamaica from when it was under the crown of Britain to the period of slave rebellion and freeing for the enslaved people. Ultimately, she vividly describes Jamaica as she saw it during her stay. Content includes: Where the Twain Meet Britain's First Tropical Colony The White Bondsmen Jamaica's First Historian The Castles on the Guinea Coast The Middle Passage The Plantation Slave Rebellions The Maroons The Footprints of the Years The Making of Christians The Freeing of the Slave Jamaica as I Saw It
