Physical description

xxi, 283 p. : ill., facsims., map, ports. ; 23 cm. Includes index and bibliographical references: p. 264-273.

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

'I'm your half-brother and I'm here to stay. This is my home.' With these words Wilmot Abraham sought refuge with his white relations.

'Did you ever read your history?': Mrs. Mary Clarke remembers p. 1
'An old hand': Jim Cain p. 12
'I'm your half-brother, and I'm here to stay': Wilmot Abraham p. 36
The Three Pompeys
The Written Record p. 48
Banjo Clarke's Stories p. 62
'Why did they take them away?': Lizzie and Henry McCrae p. 74
In Defence of Framlingham: Collin Hood p. 79
Double Dispossession: King David p. 107
James Dawson's Informants p. 137
'Why are we kept prisoners here?': Ernest and Maggie Mobourne p. 148
'The old ones, they wouldn't tell us nothing': Mrs. Connie Hart's memories p. 181
'Breaking the cycle is the hard thing to do': Geoff Rose, a stolen child p. 200
Epilogue: James Dawson, Camperdown George and the Obelisk p. 220
The Hood Family p. 238
The Mobourne Letters p. 241
Abbreviations p. 252
Notes p. 252
Bibliography p. 264
Index p. 274