![]() ![]() ![]() He will establish an enlightened approach to working with the emancipated slaves, set more than one heart aflutter, and play a tragic role in the fates of all. It is in the aftermath of the rebellion and during the period known as apprenticeship that a handsome new overseer, Robert Goodwin (Lowden), rides into the story. In Jamaica, a transition from slavery to “apprenticeship” came into effect in 1834. The British Parliament gave its colonies the option to make true emancipation a gradual process. There is also the debonaire Nimrod (Jordan Bolger), who has bought his freedom and fancies July, promising her a fairy-tale life with him.Ī moment of truth arrives with the Christmas Rebellion of 1831 (also called The Baptist War), a slave uprising that heralds the end of official slavery in Jamaica and other English colonies-but at a great cost in lives, including some who are near and dear to July. Though often at Caroline’s side, July also has the company of the canny Godfrey (Sir Lenny Henry), the spiteful Molly (Ayesha Antoine), and the haughty Clara (Madeleine Mantock). ![]() Tamara Lawrance stars as July, a slave in Jamaica in The Long Song -Masterpiece. ![]()
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