Kit Tyler, the protagonist of The Witch of Blackbird Pond, begins her journey with the passage from Barbados to Wethersfield in Connecticut Colony. Kit has grown up on the island of Barbados, where she lived with her grandfather. Kit's father is originally from Barbados, but is sent to school in England. In England he meets Kit's mother and returns with her to Barbados. The two marry and have Kit, but they drown in a shipwreck near Antigua when Kit is very young—young enough that Kit does not remember them. With her parents gone, Kit is raised by her grandfather, who has lived in Barbados for some time as an aristocrat of England. Kit grows up in the lap of luxury, and she has a wonderful relationship with her grandfather and loves her life in Barbados. After he dies, she is forced to leave Barbados and come and live with her Aunt Rachel and the Wood family in Connecticut Colony, because they are the only people that remain of Kit's family.
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