Mr. Harewood tells his children that the daughter of a friend who died in the West Indies is coming to live with them. Matilda arrives from Barbados proud, passionate and used to commanding servants, and the patient Harewoods, grave Edmund, lively Charles and little Ellen, must teach her self-control and consideration for others, including the black nurse who came with her.
A Regency moral tale for children whose attitudes to slavery and race are those of 1816, interesting as a period document. Download the free EPUB.