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17. Sister Mother Warrior by Vanessa Riley

Genre: Historical fiction

Release date: July 12, 2022

The most successful uprising of enslaved people took place in Haiti at the turn of the 19th century. Two women were instrumental in the fight for Haitian independence: Marie-Claire Bonheur, the first empress of Haiti, and Gran Toya, a freewoman from West Africa. Their little-known stories and unlikely bond form the basis of Sister Mother Warrior, the latest from historical fiction queen Vanessa Riley.

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Sister Mother Warrior' by Vanessa Riley (7/12)

Vanessa Riley brings readers a vivid, sweeping novel of the Haitian Revolution based on the true-life stories of Marie-Claire Bonheur, and Gran Toya.

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Riley writes historical fiction that is both well-researched and page-turning. Her latest is based on two real-life women and their crucial participation in the Haitian Revolution.

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Speaking of emancipation, Vanessa Riley sweeps readers back to the Haitian Revolution with her latest, a novel based on the true stories of two women who were instrumental in the uprising of the country's enslaved people. An immersive and vibrant evocation of a period still too often overlooked

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Sister Mother Warrior

By Vanessa Riley

A woman sold into slavery and another born free play pivotal roles in the Haitian revolution.

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Sister Mother Warrior by Vanessa Riley (July 12, 2022)

Abdaraya Toya ("Gran"), a member of the "Dahomeyan Amazons", a term coined by the Europeans, was sold into slavery and sent to Saint Domingue, a French colony. Within the slave community there, she becomes both a healer and a mother to the many children without their own mothers, including to the revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines. Marie-Claire Bonheur is a free woman living in Saint Domingue who was raised to help those suffering under the injustices of slavery. When she and Jean-Jacques meet, sparks fly and even though Marie Claire is married, she and Jean-Jacque fall in love and have children. When the war finally breaks out pitting the various groups against each other, both Marie Claire and Gran Toya take part in the revolution that brings freedom to the Haitian people.

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