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Born in the twin island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Anna Bella spent her formative years maintaining her faith and hope in the good things to come, despite enduring difficulties and discouragement. After migrating to the United States in 1987, she connected with extended family, made a variety of friends, and attended high school. Marrying at an early age, she courageously relocated to Florida in 1995, with periods of her life spent traveling back and forth from New York. Always interested in bettering herself and being financially independent, she obtained her BSN and AA degrees and dabbled in an embalming course.
This surgical nurse is a lover of the arts, an avid reader, a passionate writer, a hopeless romantic, and a mother of four ...more

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The First Black Slave Society: Britain’s “Barbarity Time” in Barbados, 1636-1876 (Beckles' Trio Book 2)

by Hilary McD. Beckles

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