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Cambridge by Caryl Phillips · Booklabria

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First published: 1992
Language: English
Editions: 6

Synopsis

Dramatic and challenging novel about freedom and prejudice by one of the most important authors of his generationCambridge is a powerful and haunting novel set in that uneasy time between the abolition of the slave trade and the emancipation of the slaves. It is the story of Emily Cambridge, a young woman sent from England to visit her father's West Indian plantation, and Cambridge, a plantation slave, educated and Christianised by his first master in England and now struggling to maintain his dignity.

Subjects: Historical Fiction
Historical
Slavery
West indies
Slaveholders
Set in: West Indies

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