Passage(s) to Saint-Domingue: Jakobe's Journey, Overture to the Gathering of Vultures

Passage(s) to Saint-Domingue is the sequel to Backroads to 'Bethlehem' and second book in the Trilogy on Western Hemispheric Marronage. It unfolds around 1742, in the wake of guerrilla warfare against British forces in Jamaica. Jakobe's life begins in the militaristic Maroon village of Akrafena, from nearly cradle to teen, with childhood shenanigans and wagering hi-jinks near the docks of Kingston Harbor. Jakobe's Journey gathers momentum as a seaman-apprentice and "powder monkey" aboard th...