Three Narratives of Slavery by Mary Prince

Three Narratives of Slavery by Mary Prince

Straightforward, yet often poetic accounts of the battle for freedom, three memoirs by courageous black women vividly chronicle their struggles in the bonds of slavery, their rebellion against degrading injustice, and their determination to attain racial equality. In Narrative of Sojourner Truth, one of the most important documents on slavery ever written, a passionate African American abolitionist and champion of women's rights tells of her life as a slave, her self-liberation, and her tireless campaign for racial and sexual equality. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is the 1861 autobiographical account of the brutality of slave life by Harriet Jacobs, who speaks frankly of her master's abuse and her eventual escape, in a tale of dauntless spirit and faith. In The History of Mary Prince, the first black woman to escape from slavery in the British colonies and publish a record of her experiences vividly recalls her life in the West Indies, her rebellion against physical and psychological degradation, and her 1828 escape in England.

Mary Prince (about 1500) was a woman who lived in the 1500s In Devonshire Parish, Bermuda, he was born into slavery in 1788 and died after 1833. Her autobiography, The History of Mary Prince (1831), was the first narrative of a black woman's life to be published in the United Kingdom while she was subsequently living in London. This first-hand account of the brutalities of captivity, published at a period when slavery was still legal in British Caribbean possessions, galvanized the anti-slavery movement. In the first year, it went through three printings.

While living and working in England, Prince had her account written in the home of Thomas Pringle, the Anti-Slavery Society's secretary. In 1828, she traveled to London with her owner and his family from Antigua.

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ISBN 13	9780486468341
ISBN 10	0486468348
Title	Three Narratives of Slavery
Author	Mary Prince
Series	African American
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Dover Publications Inc.
Year published	2008-12-26
Number of pages	302
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