The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave, Related by Herself: Revised Edition

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Author: Moira Ferguson

ISBN-10: 0472084100

ISBN-13: 9780472084104

Category: Peoples & Cultures - Biography

Mary Prince was the first black British woman to escape from slavery and publish a record of her experiences. In this unique document, Mary Prince vividly recalls her life as a slave in Bermuda, Turks Island, and Antigua, her rebellion against physical and psychological degradation, and her eventual escape to London in 1828.\ First published in London and Edinburgh in 1831, and well into its third edition that year, The History of Mary Prince inflamed public opinion and created political...

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A new edition of the extraordinary autobiography of a black woman who escaped slavery in the West Indies