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A Lady in Jamaica 1879 by Martha Jefferson Trice (Paperback / softback, 2013)

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Less than a year and a half before her death, a young woman from Virginia - a great (x3) niece of Thomas Jefferson - took ship in New York City for an extended tour of Jamaica. What she found there was exotic to her - the plants, the topography, the customs - t least the equality of races, which was still far in the future in her homeland. Martha was a teacher and published poet, and her journal and letters home are vivid, humorous, and often moving. She traveled in grand style in a four-in-hand carriage, visiting Kingston and Spanish Town in the south, Black River and Savannah La Mar in the west, and Lucea, Montego Bay, and Falmouth in the rth. At Black River, she had her first ever experience of the seashore. She also visited some of the large sugar plantations that still flourished on the island. Martha endured several close calls on precipitous mountain roads and an ongoing struggle with a bad-tempered, unwanted suitor, the son of her hostess. Martha Jefferson Trice died unmarried at the age of 24 in 1880, but she lives on through her writings. This book includes a brief biography by her great (x2) nephew, Jasper Burns.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
CreateSpace
ISBN-10
1494308126
ISBN-13
9781494308124
eBay Product ID (ePID)
189652680

Product Key Features

Author
Martha Jefferson Trice
Format
Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Language
English
Topic
Regional History

Additional Product Features

Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Date of Publication
27/11/2013
Country of Publication
United States

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