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African American Authors Book Group All Adults Are Welcome August Title: Island Queen /Vanessa Riley A historical novel based on the incredible true life story of Dorothy Kirwan Thomas.
African American Authors Book Group Meets the Last Thursday of the month.
All Adults Are Welcome
August Title: Island Queen /Vanessa Riley
Join us for a lively discussion of this historical novel based on the incredible true life story of Dorothy Kirwan Thomas, a free Black woman who rose from slavery to become one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners in the colonial West Indies.
This book is available in many formats regular print, large print, eBook and as an eAudio book.
You can attend in-person or virtually. To attend via ZOOM register online for this program.
Book Overview
"Born into slavery on the tiny Caribbean Island of Montserrat, Doll bought her freedom—and that of her sister and her mother—from her Irish planter father and built a legacy of wealth and power as an entrepreneur, merchant, hotelier, and planter that extended from the marketplaces and sugar plantations of Dominica and Barbados to a glittering luxury hotel in Demerara on the South American continent."
This book is available in many formats regular print, eBook and as an eAudio book.
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