Morgan's daughter

by Herbert G. de Lisser

The Jamaican settlers in the year 1780 were faced with a strange threat. A runaway slave had turned highwayman and, under the ominous title of Three-fingered Jack, was making the island roads unsafe to travelers. When the slave was finally tracked down and killed, complacency returned, until and Colonel Breakspeare, one of the wealthiest planters slave-owners on the island, was held up to ransom on the highway. His assailant answered to the description of the head Three-fingered Jack and the slaves were ready to believe that Jack was an "Obeahman" and had proved himself protected by magic.

Only two people suspected the truth: the Governor, who thought that some enterprising rogue had disguised himself as Jack to undertake the robbery; and Elizabeth Morgan, who gave refuge to the escaping highwayman. The impostor and robber was, in truth, John Huntly Seymour, refugee from English justice and deserter from the Navy.

What was it that made Elizabeth Morgan give him shelter, at her own peril?

255 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1953