{"id":347,"date":"2024-03-23T13:40:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T13:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clairecallender.com\/?page_id=347"},"modified":"2024-06-12T22:03:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T22:03:10","slug":"the-jamaica-brocks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clairecallender.com\/?page_id=347","title":{"rendered":"The Jamaica Brocks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After several years of research I have written my book!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/clairecallender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Jamaica-Brocks_coverfrontonly-717x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-630\" style=\"width:608px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clairecallender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Jamaica-Brocks_coverfrontonly-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/clairecallender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Jamaica-Brocks_coverfrontonly-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/clairecallender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Jamaica-Brocks_coverfrontonly-768x1096.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clairecallender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Jamaica-Brocks_coverfrontonly.jpg 976w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a personal account of my research into the story of James Brock from Denny, a village near Falkirk, who went to Jamaica in the early 19<sup>th<\/sup> century seeking opportunity and fortune. He became a plantation owner and enslaver and had several children with a mixed-race Jamaican woman. After his death his family went to Scotland and made a life there. The book traces James Brock&#8217;s short life in Jamaica and explores the circumstances of his family as they settle into their new lives in Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Download a copy here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-44aa5bcc-c093-4f04-adce-04ebbb346ed0\" href=\"https:\/\/clairecallender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Jamaica-Brocks_ClaireWilsonCallender.epub\">The Jamaica Brocks_ClaireWilsonCallender<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/clairecallender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Jamaica-Brocks_ClaireWilsonCallender.epub\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-44aa5bcc-c093-4f04-adce-04ebbb346ed0\">Download epub<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>epub is best viewed on iBooks or the Kindle app: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/sendtokindle\">Send to Kindle<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c82ed35c-d840-4390-a069-637455597bb1\" href=\"https:\/\/clairecallender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Jamaica-Brocks-_pdf_web.pdf\">The Jamaica Brocks _pdf_web<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/clairecallender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Jamaica-Brocks-_pdf_web.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c82ed35c-d840-4390-a069-637455597bb1\">Download PDF<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After several years of research I have written my book! This is a personal account of my research into the story of James Brock from Denny, a village near Falkirk, who went to Jamaica in the early 19th century seeking opportunity and fortune. He became a plantation owner and enslaver and had several children with&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/clairecallender.com\/?page_id=347\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Jamaica Brocks<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":303,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-347","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clairecallender.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clairecallender.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clairecallender.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clairecallender.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clairecallender.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/clairecallender.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":637,"href":"https:\/\/clairecallender.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/347\/revisions\/637"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clairecallender.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clairecallender.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}