The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative

by Mary Prince

Overview

Mary Prince was a British abolitionist and autobiographer, born in Bermuda, to an enslaved family of African descent. While she was later living in London, England, she wrote The History of Mary Prince (1831), which was the first account of the life of a black woman to be published in the United Kingdom. Belonging to the genre of slave narratives, this first-hand description of the brutalities of enslavement, released at a time when slavery was still legal in Bermuda and British Caribbean colonies, had a galvanising effect on the anti-slavery movement. It went through three printings in the first year. Prince had her account transcribed while living and working in England at the home of Thomas Pringle, a founder of the Anti-Slavery Society. She had gone to London with her master and his family in 1828 from Antigua.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781985063860
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	02/05/2018
Pages:	44
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.09(d)

About the Author

Mary Prince (1788) was a Bermudian woman, born into slavery in Brackish Pond, which is now known as Devonshire Marsh, in Devonshire Parish, Bermuda. The published story of her slavery was the first account of the life of a black woman to be published in England and the book had a galvanizing effect on the anti-slavery movement.

Table of Contents

	Preface	1
	Postscript to the Second Edition	2
	The History of Mary Prince	3
	Supplement to the History of Mary Prince	35
Appendix A	Narrative of Louis Asa-Asa	61
Appendix B	Appendix to the Third Edition	66
Appendix C	Mary Prince's Petition Presented to Parliament	68