Hamel, the Obeah Man is set against the backdrop of early
nineteenth-century Jamaica, and tells the story of a slave
rebellion planned in the ruins of a plantation. Though the novel is
sympathetic to white slaveholders and hostile to anti-slavery
missionaries, it presents a complex picture of the culture and
resistance of the island's black majority. Hamel, the spiritual
leader of the rebels, becomes more and more central to the story,
and is a surprisingly powerful and ultimately ambiguous figure.This
Broadview Edition includes a new foreword by acclaimed poet Kamau
Brathwaite and a critical introduction by the editors. Extensive
appendices include contemporary reviews of the novel, other
authors' and travellers' descriptions of Jamaica, and historical
documents related to slave insurrections and the debate over
slavery.
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