Released Summer 2022

“Hall has written extensively about Caribbean life and history. In this, his second book about the insurrectionist, Hall challenges the predominant narrative in published histories of Fédon's Rebellion that are mainly based on the written records of the Caribbean leader’s British enemies. They portray Fédon as misguided, violent, and cruel. Rather, this book suggests he was, and remains to this day, a hero “in the minds and hearts” of Caribbean citizens for his brave fight against the “mighty British Empire” and for his strategic acumen that pieced together a “ragtag army” of free and enslaved Africans, mixed-race elites, and liberal French Whites. Given how little is known about Fédon’s early life beyond his birth to a free Black woman and a French immigrant, Hall pieces together a remarkably cohesive narrative that avoids the temptation to overly speculate and that effectively places the revolutionary’s life and legacy in a wider Caribbean historical context.” - Kirkus Reviews