The Long Song (45 page)
As this story is set in Jamaica during the 19th century I needed the knowledge of a great many other minds to help transport me to that time and place:
• Henry Bleby,
Death Struggles of Slavery.
Death Struggles of Slavery.
• Compiled and edited by Peter Barbar,
Gin and Hell-Fire: Henry Batchelor’s Memoirs of a Working Class Childhood in Crouch End 1823-1837
.
Gin and Hell-Fire: Henry Batchelor’s Memoirs of a Working Class Childhood in Crouch End 1823-1837
.
• Edited by F. G. Cassidy and R. B. Le Page,
Dictionary of Jamaican English
.
Dictionary of Jamaican English
.
• Mrs Carmichael,
Domestic Manners and Social Customs of the White, Coloured and Negro Populations of the West Indies
.
Domestic Manners and Social Customs of the White, Coloured and Negro Populations of the West Indies
.
• Roderick Cave,
Printing and the Book Trade in the West Indies
.
Printing and the Book Trade in the West Indies
.
• Bryan Edward,
The History, Civil and Commercial of the British Colonies in the West Indies
.
The History, Civil and Commercial of the British Colonies in the West Indies
.
• Edited with an Introduction by Moira Ferguson,
The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave. Related by herself
.
The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave. Related by herself
.
• Catherine Hall,
Civilising Subjects; Metropole and Colony in the English Imagination 1830-1867
.
Civilising Subjects; Metropole and Colony in the English Imagination 1830-1867
.
• Fernando Henriques,
Family and Colour in Jamaica
.
Family and Colour in Jamaica
.
• Gad Heuman,
Between Black and White: Race Politics and the Free Coloured in Jamaica 1670-1970
.
Between Black and White: Race Politics and the Free Coloured in Jamaica 1670-1970
.
• B. W. Higman,
Montpelier Jamaica; A Plantation Community in Slavery and Freedom 1739-1912
.
Montpelier Jamaica; A Plantation Community in Slavery and Freedom 1739-1912
.
• Matthew Lewis,
Journal of a Residence Among the Negroes in the West Indies
.
Journal of a Residence Among the Negroes in the West Indies
.
• Edited by Roderick A. MacDonald,
Between Slavery and Freedom: Special Magistrate John Anderson’s Journal of St Vincent during Apprenticeship
.
Between Slavery and Freedom: Special Magistrate John Anderson’s Journal of St Vincent during Apprenticeship
.
• Charles Manby Smith,
The Working Man’s Way in the World
.
The Working Man’s Way in the World
.
•
Montgomery Ward & Co catalogue no 57 1895 (facsimile)
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Montgomery Ward & Co catalogue no 57 1895 (facsimile)
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• Lady Nugent,
Lady Nugent’s Journal
.
Lady Nugent’s Journal
.
• Mrs Seacole (Edited by Ziggi Alexander & Audrey Dewjee),
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands
.
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands
.
• Olive Senior,
Encyclopedia of Jamaican Heritage
.
Encyclopedia of Jamaican Heritage
.
• Raymond T. Smith,
Kinship and Class in the West Indies; A Genealogical Study of Jamaica and Guyana
.
Kinship and Class in the West Indies; A Genealogical Study of Jamaica and Guyana
.
• Anthony Trollope,
The West Indies and the Spanish Main
.
The West Indies and the Spanish Main
.
• James Walvin,
Black Ivory; A History of British Slavery
.
Black Ivory; A History of British Slavery
.
• James Walvin,
The Life and Times of Henry Clarke of Jamaica, 1828-1907
The Life and Times of Henry Clarke of Jamaica, 1828-1907
. . . And of course, the Internet.
I would also like to thank my agent David Grossman for his constant care and attention, and my UK editor Jane Morpeth for her wisdom. And finally, I am totally indebted to my husband Bill Mayblin not only for being my sensitive and tactful first reader, but also for everything else.
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