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Businesspeople, Black Montserrat Fiction Businesswomen Montserrat Fiction Freedmen Montserrat Fiction Haiti Haiti History Fiction Haïti Histoire 1791-1804 (Révolution) Romans, nouvelles, etc Montou, Victoria approximately 1739-1805 Fiction Montserrat Fiction Slavery Haiti 19th century Fiction Women Haiti 19th century FictionFilter By Authors
Riley, VanessaRiley, Vanessa
Summary: "Queen of diverse historicals Vanessa Riley brings readers a vivid, sweeping novel of the Haitian Revolution based on the true-life stories of two extraordinary women: the first Empress of Haiti, Marie-Claire Bonheur, and Gran Toya, a West African-born warrior who helped lead the rebellion that drove out the French and freed the enslaved people of Haiti"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RILRiley, Vanessa
Summary: "A former slave rises above the harsh realities of being owned and colonialism on Montserrat working hard to buy freedom for herself, her mother, and her sister and becoming an entrepreneur, merchant, hotelier, and planter. Based on the true life story of Dorothy Kirwan Thomas"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021