 However whilst the novel has an anti-slavery theme, the only scenes set in the Caribbean are located in Cuba and feature none of the details claimed by Waddell.Waddell, himself an abolitionist, was also writing in the context of the Baptist War of which Waddell was a first-hand witness.He stated that the Palmyra Estate was set on fire alongside the Kensington Estate, located further in land as a signal for a general insurrection.