Your Time is Done Now: Slavery, Resistance and Defeat: the Maroon Trials of Dominica 1813-1814 - Softcover

Polly Pattullo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0957118775 ISBN 13: 9780957118775

Publisher: Papillote Press, 2015

Synopsis

Your Time Is Done Now tells the story of the Maroons (runaways slaves) of Dominica and their allies through the transcripts of trials held in 1813 and 1814 during the Second Maroon War. Using the evidence to explain how the Maroons waged war against slave society, the book reveals for the first time fascinating details about how Maroons survived in the forests and also about their relationship with the enslaved on the plantations. It also examines the key role of the British governor who succeeded in suppressing the Maroons and how the Colonial Office in London reacted to his punitive conduct. Read the evidence and hear the voices of the oppressed in resistance and defeat.

About this title

About the Author:

Editor Polly Pattullo is a former journalist and now publisher of Papillote Press, which specialises in books about Dominica and the Caribbean region. She is the author of Last Resorts: The Cost of Tourism in the Caribbean and Fire from the Mountain: the Tragedy of Montserrat and the Betrayal of its People. She lives in Dominica and London. The introduction is written by Bernard Wiltshire, a Dominican lawyer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Papillote Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0957118775
• ISBN 13: 9780957118775
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 178