Planning to establish a hotel in a dense location of travelers, Mrs Seacole visits her brother in the Isthmus of Panama who already owns the Independent Hotel. The beginning of the story highlights the time Mrs. Seacole spends in Panama practicing medicine, treating cholera, and running her own British Hotel next to her brothers. However, Mrs Seacole leaves Panama, bequething her hotel to her brother, after growing restless in the environment.

Seacole, Mary. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands. Penguin Books, 2005.