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Rozhdennai͡a v rabstve na kroshechnom karibskom ostrove Montserrat, Doroti Kirvan sumela vykupitʹ svobodu u svoego ott͡sa - irlandskogo plantatora, a potom dobilasʹ osvobozhdenii͡a sestry i materi. T͡Senoĭ neveroi͡atnykh usiliĭ eĭ udalosʹ statʹ bogatoĭ i vlii͡atelʹnoĭ zhenshchinoĭ, vladelit͡seĭ domov i zemelʹ, ot sakharnykh plantat͡siĭ Dominiki i Barbadosa do roskoshnogo oteli͡a v Demerare na i͡uzhnoamerikanskom kontinente. Ėto rasskaz o realʹnoĭ istoricheskoĭ figure - zhenshchine, sumevsheĭ probitʹ sebe putʹ naverkh v chudovishchnykh uslovii͡akh rabstva i kolonializma, zhenshchine, ne boi͡avsheĭsi͡a li͡ubitʹ i ne ostanavlivavsheĭsi͡a ni pered chem radi li͡ubimykh. Chitatʹ dalʹshe…

Born into slavery on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat, Dorothy Kirwan managed to buy her freedom from her Irish plantation father, and then secured the release of her sister and mother. Through incredible efforts, she managed to become a rich and influential woman, the owner of houses and lands, from the sugar plantations of Dominica and Barbados to a luxury hotel in Demerara on the South American continent. This is a story about a real historical figure — a woman who managed to fight her way to the top in the monstrous conditions of slavery and colonialism, a woman who was not afraid to love and stopped at nothing for the sake of her loved ones. Read more…