Prince — a slave in the British colonies — vividly recalls her life in the West Indies, her rebellion against physical and psychological degradation, and her eventual escape in 1828 in England.
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Born in Bermuda to a family of African slaves, she managed to escape to London where she wrote this book.
This book describes in detail the reality of the slave experience: the dehumanization of Black people, the moral degradation of their masters, and the ever-present violence.
Mary Prince. publication would probably never have appeared. Here perhaps we might safely leave the case to the judgment of the public; but as this negro woman's character, not the less valuable to her because her condition is so humble ...
The History of Mary Prince A West Indian Slave Related by Herself Mary Prince and Asa-Asa With a Supplement by the Editor A SLAVE NARRATIVE Mary Prince (c. 1788-after 1833) was born in Devonshire Parish, Bermuda, to an enslaved family of ...
THIS IS THE ANNOTATED VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL BOOK. WE HAD TRIED TO ANNOTATE THIS BY ADDING 50% TO 55% SUMMARY AT THE END OF THE BOOK IN RED FONTS . THIS BOOK IS THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR, WRITTEN BY AUTHOR HERSELF.
Mary Prince was the first woman slave to write of her experience. Her recollections are vivid, powerful, and lyrical. Upon its publication the book had a galvanizing effect on the abolitionist movement in England.
Includes the personal narratives of Mary Prince, "Old Elizabeth," Mattie J. Jackson, Lucy A. Delaney, Kate Drumgoold, and Annie L. Burton
This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and a selection of contemporary documents, including historical and literary treatments of obeah and accounts of an eighteenth-century slave rebellion.