The History of Mary Prince - Paperback
by Mary Prince
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mary Prince, Sara Salih (Editor)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:02/01/01Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140437492ISBN-10:140437495UPC:9780140437492Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Women, Cultural & Regional, SlaverySize:7.76 x 5.14 x 0.41 inchesWeight:0.28Product ID:SC3BPWWJWD
The History of Mary Prince
Former enslaved person Mary Prince's powerful rallying cry for emancipation and extraordinary testament to survival The History of Mary Prince (1831) was the first narrative of a black woman to be published in Britain. It describes Prince's sufferings as a slave in Bermuda, Turks Island and Antigua, and her eventual arrival in London with her brutal owner Mr Wood in 1828. Prince escaped from him...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140437492ISBN-10:140437495UPC:9780140437492Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Women, Cultural & Regional, SlaverySize:7.76 x 5.14 x 0.41 inchesWeight:0.28Product ID:SC3BPWWJWD
Mary Prince (1788-1826) was born a slave in Bermuda. In 1815 she was sold to John Wood and taken to Antigua. Here she met Daniel James, a freeman, whom she married in 1826. In 1828, Prince was taken to England and claiming that the Woods had mistreated her she was allowed, under English law, to exercise her right to freedom and found employment as a domestic servant. Her story was published in...
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