Where the Twain Meet

In this work, Australian author Mary Eliza Bakewell Gaunt writes about her experiences following her travel to the West Indies. After spending a few months in the old slave colony of Jamaica. She describes the region, its people, and its culture with excellent detail and precision. She talked about Jamaica from when it was under the crown of Britain to the period of slave rebellion and freeing for the enslaved people. Ultimately, she vividly describes Jamaica as she saw it during her stay.

Content includes:

Where the Twain Meet

Britain's First Tropical Colony

The White Bondsmen

Jamaica's First Historian

The Castles on the Guinea Coast

The Middle Passage

The Plantation

Slave Rebellions

The Maroons

The Footprints of the Years

The Making of Christians

The Freeing of the Slave

Jamaica as I Saw It