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Riley, Vanessa.
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Freedmen -- Fiction.
Women, Black -- History -- Fiction.
Businesswomen -- Fiction.
Businesspeople, Black -- Fiction.
Montserrat -- Fiction.
West Indies -- Fiction.
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Riley, Vanessa.
Freedmen -- Fiction.
Women, Black -- History -- Fiction.
Businesswomen -- Fiction.
Businesspeople, Black -- Fiction.
Montserrat -- Fiction.
West Indies -- Fiction.
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Island
queen
: a
novel
/ Vanessa Riley.
by
Riley, Vanessa.
Harper Large Print, 2021.
Call #:
LP FICTION RIL
Subjects
Freedmen -- Fiction.
Women, Black -- History -- Fiction.
Businesswomen -- Fiction.
Businesspeople, Black -- Fiction.
Montserrat -- Fiction.
West Indies -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780063090255 (trade pbk.)
Edition:
Large print ed.
Description:
868 p. (large print) : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
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"--Publisher.
Born into slavery on the tiny Caribbean
island
of Montserrat, Dorothy bought her freedom, and that of her sister and her mother, from her Irish planter father. Rising above the harsh realities of slavery and colonialism, she built a legacy of wealth and power as an entrepreneur, merchant, hotelier, and planter. Leveraging the competing attentions of the men in her life, Doll answered to no one but herself as she rose to rose to power and autonomy against all odds. -- adapted from jacket
Genre:
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Black fiction.
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LP FICTION RIL
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