Free
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Free

A Novel

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eBook - ePub

Free

A Novel

About this book

Martin Mordecai's Free is a lyrical yet unflinching examination of the ruinous intimacies sustained by and sustaining plantation slavery. Set around Jamaica's Christmas Rebellion of 1831–32 and framed around three characters who are free themselves, but hedged in by the oppressive protocols of slavery, Free is an extended meditation on violence, memory, community, love and forgiveness. Mordecai uses the ranges and registers of the creole continuum to seduce readers into a wrenching engagement with the deformation wrought by slavery upon everyone and everything it touched.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Dramatis Personae
  7. Prologue Jason: Aboard the Eagle, Mid-Atlantic, September 1831
  8. 1 Jason: Aboard the Eagle, Friday, October 28
  9. 2 Narrative: Miss Abigail Walker, Friday, October 28
  10. 3 Adebeh: Arrival, Friday, October 28
  11. 4 Jason: Homecoming, Friday, October 28
  12. 5 Elorine: Kekeré Båbà, Friday, October 28
  13. 6 Jason: The Gazebo, Friday, October 28
  14. 7 Adebeh: Bigi Pripri, Friday, October 28
  15. 8 Jason: Letter to Carla (1), Saturday, October 29
  16. 9 Narrative: Prayers and Whispers, Saturday, October 29
  17. 10 Jason: Butterfly Spirits, Sunday, October 30
  18. 11 Adebeh: Sunday, October 30
  19. 12 Elorine: Mule, Sunday, October 30
  20. 13 Jason: McKinley’s, Monday, October 31
  21. 14 Elorine: Jason, Monday, October 31
  22. 15 Narrative: Politics, Monday, October 31
  23. 16 Jason: Blood Tree, Wednesday, November 2
  24. 17 Adebeh: Wandering, Wednesday, November 2
  25. 18 Elorine: Jason Come Back, Thursday, November 3
  26. 19 Jason: Droit du Seigneur, Thursday, November 3
  27. 20 Jason: The Will, Friday, November 4
  28. 21 Elorine: Jason’s Problem, Friday, December 4
  29. 22 Jason: New Maasa, Saturday, November 5
  30. 23 Elorine: Prayers, Sunday, November 6
  31. 24 Adebeh: Yenkunkun, Sunday, November 6
  32. 25 Jason: Into the Field, Thursday, November 10
  33. 26 Narrative: In Bellefields, Saturday, November 12
  34. 27 Jason: Evasions—Victoria–Miranda, Sunday, November 13
  35. 28 Adebeh: In Town, Monday, November 14
  36. 29 Narrative: Adam, Monday, November 21
  37. 30 Jason: Entertainments, Monday, November 14
  38. 31 Elorine: Into the Bush, Monday, November 14
  39. 32 Jason: Dinner Party, Wednesday, November 16
  40. 33 Narrative: Stories, Wednesday, November 16
  41. 34 Elorine: Too Late, Wednesday, November 16
  42. 35 Jason: Taking the Reins, Friday, November 18
  43. 36 Elorine: Going Back, Friday, November 18
  44. 37 Adebeh: The Search Begins, Saturday, November 19
  45. 38 Elorine: Reporting, Saturday, November 19
  46. 39 Narrative: Sunday School, Sunday, November 20
  47. 40 Jason: Hector and Tombo and Pompey, Monday, November 21
  48. 41 Narrative: Maasa God Requireth
  49. 42 Adebeh: First Scent, Wednesday, November 23
  50. 43 Jason: The New Order, Thursday, November 24
  51. 44 Jason: Wyckham, Friday, November 20
  52. 45 Narrative: Called to Order, Saturday, November 26
  53. 46 Jason: Letter to Carla (2), Sunday, November 27
  54. 47 Narrative: Alone, Sunday, November 27
  55. 48 Jason: Zubia Returns, Monday, November 28
  56. 49 Elorine: Missing Adam, Monday, November 28
  57. 50 Adebeh: One-Eye Sarah (Delphis), Monday, November 28
  58. 51 Jason: Knob Hill, Tuesday, November 29
  59. 52 Adebeh: Trelawny, Wednesday, November 30
  60. 53 Jason: Arresting Tombo, Thursday, December 1
  61. 54 Adebeh: Climbing to Sister, Thursday, December 1
  62. 55 Jason: Fallen, Friday, December 2
  63. 56 Elorine: Ishmael Arrested, Friday, December 2
  64. 57 Jason: Visiting Prison, Friday, December 2
  65. 58 Elorine: Hope in the Lord, Friday, December 2
  66. 59 Narrative: Sister, Saturday, December 3
  67. 60 Narrative: Decisions, Saturday, December 3
  68. 61 Jason: Letter to Carla (3), Sunday, December 4
  69. 62 Adebeh: Amarylis, Sunday, December 4
  70. 63 Jason: A New Overseer, Monday, December 5
  71. 64 Elorine: Pitchy-Patchy, Monday, December 5
  72. 65 Jason: Up So, Tuesday, December 6
  73. 66 Elorine: Palampam, Wednesday, December 7
  74. 67 Jason: Alarums and Premonitions, Wednesday, December 7
  75. 68 Elorine: Muster Day, Wednesday, December 7
  76. 69 Jason: Memba, Thursday, December 8
  77. 70 Elorine: Fire fe Fire, Thursday, December 8
  78. 71 Jason: The Hanging of Tombo, Thursday, December 8
  79. 72 Elorine: Frighten for Zion, Friday, December 9
  80. 73 Adebeh: With Sister, Saturday, December 10
  81. 74 Jason: Letter to Carla (4), Sunday, December 11
  82. 75 Narrative: Cornelius Douglas, Tuesday, December 13
  83. 76 Jason: The First Crack, Wednesday, December 14
  84. 77 Elorine: Maasa Indeed, Wednesday, December 15
  85. 78 Elorine: Johncrow, Thursday, December 15
  86. 79 Narrative: Cries in the Night, Thursday, December 15
  87. 80 Adebeh: Setting Out, Thursday, December 15
  88. 81 Elorine: Missus Justice, Friday, December 16
  89. 82 Adebeh: Captive, Saturday, December 17
  90. 83 Jason: Letter to Reverend Swithenbank, Sunday, December 18
  91. 84 Elorine: Teo’s Preachment, Sunday, December 18
  92. 85 Adebeh: Pain, Sunday, December 18
  93. 86 Jason: Diseased, Monday, December 19
  94. 87 Elorine: Closed for the Day, Tuesday, December 20
  95. 88 Jason: Ishmael’s Trial, Tuesday, December 20
  96. 89 Elorine: Licence, Tuesday, December 20
  97. 90 Narrative: (Ishmael), Tuesday, December 20
  98. 91 Jason: The Colour of God, Tuesday, December 20
  99. 92 Adebeh: Belvedere, Wednesday, December 21
  100. 93 Elorine: Mawga Dawg, Wednesday, December 21
  101. 94 Jason: Letters, Thursday, December 22
  102. 95 Elorine: Nakedness, Thursday, December 22
  103. 96 Jason: Warnings, Thursday, December 22
  104. 97 Elorine: It Shall Be Well, Thursday, December 22
  105. 98 Adebeh: Billy, Thursday, December 22
  106. 99 Jason: Preparations, Friday, December 23
  107. 100 Adebeh: Barbeque, Friday, December 23
  108. 101 Jason: Miranda, Friday, December 23
  109. 102 Elorine: Christmas Market, Saturday, December 24
  110. 103 Jason: A Wild Idea, Saturday, December 24
  111. 104 Adebeh: Enough, Sunday, December 25
  112. 105 Narrative: Christmas Morning (1), Sunday, December 25
  113. 106 Narrative: Christmas Morning (2), Sunday, December 25
  114. 107 Jason: Duppies, Sunday, December 25
  115. 108 Adebeh: Escape, Sunday, December 25
  116. 109 Elorine: Birth, Monday, December 26
  117. 110 Narrative: Tenky, Monday, December 26
  118. 111 Adebeh: Darkness, Monday, December 26
  119. 112 Jason: Is Christmas, Tuesday, December 27
  120. 113 Adebeh: New World, Tuesday, December 27
  121. 114 Narrative: Siddown, Wednesday, December 28
  122. 115 Jason: Doing Something, Wednesday, December 28
  123. 116 Elorine: Navel Tree, Wednesday, December 28
  124. 117 Adebeh: On the Edge, Wednesday, December 28
  125. 118 Narrative: Soldier, Wednesday, December 28
  126. 119 Adebeh: Decision, Wednesday, December 28
  127. 120 Jason: Rebel, Wednesday, December 28
  128. 121 Narrative: A Reckoning, Wednesday, December 28
  129. 122 Elorine: Born fe Dead, Wednesday, December 28
  130. 123 Jason: Talking to, Thursday, December 29
  131. 124 Narrative: Whip, Wednesday, December 28
  132. 125 Elorine: Prayers, Wednesday, December 28
  133. 126 Narrative: Black Regiment, Thursday, December 29
  134. 127 Adebeh: Waiting, Thursday, December 29
  135. 128 Elorine: Distant Drums, Thursday, December 29
  136. 129 Narrative: Montpelier, Thursday, December 29
  137. 130 Elorine: More Prayers, Thursday, December 29
  138. 131 Adebeh: Through the Night, Friday, December 30
  139. 132 Jason: Mercy and Revenge, Friday, December 30
  140. 133 Elorine: Old Story, Friday, December 30
  141. 134 Adebeh: Sister! Friday, December 30
  142. 135 Elorine: Rachel Weeping, Friday, December 30
  143. Acknowledgements