Queen of Freedom: Defending Jamaica

by Catherine Johnson

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782692797
• ISBN13: 9781782692799
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7