Returned to Kingston, I nursed my old indulgent patroness in her last long illness. piles, connected with the town by a wooden jetty. WITH AN INTRODUCTORY PREFACE A Jamaican woman of mixed race, she was awarded the Order of Merit posthumously by the government of Jamaica and celebrated as a Black Briton in the United Kingdom. [Pg 6] the very negroes seemed pale and wan. Although Seacole saw regiments she knew leave, she returned to Panama to wind up her business, and did some gold prospecting. A single glance at the poor fellow showed me the terrible truth. Seacole's offer to volunteer as a nurse in the war met with racism and refusal.