Central Kansas Library System

Relates the experiences of a young Senegalese girl brought as a slave to the Danish-owned Caribbean island of St. John as she participates in the slave revolt of 1733-1734.

Many unsung heroes fought in the war against slavery from colonial times to the Emancipation Proclamation. This is the stories of the leaders of the slave revolts who revolted by running away and setting up their own hidden communities and fearlessly waged guerilla warfare against slave owners.