Looking back 300 years this gripping novel is based on the true story of theauthors African ancestors. The story opens aboard a late 18thcentury slaveship bound... » 

Looking back 300 years this gripping novel is based on the true story of theauthors African ancestors. The story opens aboard a late 18thcentury slaveship bound from West Africa to Jamaica where a terrified young boy is caredfor by Ami a fellow captive who becomes his surrogate mother during theirnightmare voyage. They are sold to separate owners upon arrival at the docks inKingston but their lives remain intertwined. The boy who is named August byhis new master grows up and marries Amis daughter Sarah and the story oftheir livesand their childrens livesclimaxes with a dramatic struggle foremancipation during Jamaicas 1883 slave rebellion. «