UCL Americas - Book launch: 'Your Time Is Done Now. Slavery, Resistance and Defeat'

With author and publisher Polly Patullo; chaired by Prof Gad Heuman - Little is known about the Maroons of Dominica, who challenged the British Empire 200 years ago, were captured and subjected to arbitrary justice. Your Time Is Done Now tells their story for the first time through the evidence of the courts and, unusually, hears their voices. The evidence reveals little-known information about how the Maroons survived and about their relationship with their allies, the enslaved. The book also examines the key role of the British governor, George Ainslie, and how the Colonial Office in London reacted to his harsh conduct toward the Maroons. Editor Polly Pattullo will discuss the book, with readings from the trials. Chaired by Prof. Gad Heuman. 'Your Time is Done Now' is published by Papillote Press, London 2015.