The Long Song

Robert's behavior becomes erratic and dangerous as he tries to assert his will over his workers to harvest Amity's sugarcane. Another act of resistance again upturns July's life, in the final part of The Long Song.

Freedom has come to Jamaica, but little seems to change. A new overseer who was anti-slavery seems to be promising, especially in his conduct towards July, though Caroline also yearns for his affection.

In the waning days of slavery on Jamaica, July's life is upturned during a slave rebellion that leaves her plantation intact despite the terror of her mistress.