Testimony of an Irish Slave Girl
Download or Read eBook Testimony of an Irish Slave Girl PDF written by Kate McCafferty and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-01-28 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Kate McCafferty |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 173 |
Release | : 2003-01-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781101176825 |
ISBN-13 | : 1101176822 |
Rating | : 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Testimony of an Irish Slave Girl by : Kate McCafferty
Book excerpt: Kidnapped from Galway, Ireland, as a young girl, shipped to Barbados, and forced to work the land alongside African slaves, Cot Daley's life has been shaped by injustice. In this stunning debut novel, Kate McCafferty re-creates, through Cot's story, the history of the more than fifty thousand Irish who were sold as indentured servants to Caribbean plantation owners during the seventeenth century. As Cot tells her story-the brutal journey to Barbados, the harrowing years of fieldwork on the sugarcane plantations, her marriage to an African slave and rebel leader, and the fate of her children—her testimony reveals an exceptional woman's astonishing life.