Research Catalog
The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave Related by Herself
- Title
- The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave [electronic resource] : Related by Herself / by Mary Prince.
- Author
- Prince, Mary.
- Publication
- Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017
- [Chapel Hill, North Carolina] : Distributed by University of North Carolina Press
- Chapel Hill [North Carolina] : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, 2017.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Project Muse.
- Description
- 1 online resource (1 PDF (65 pages))
- Summary
- Mary Prince's narrative was one of the earliest to reveal the ugly truths about slavery in the West Indies to an English reading public that was largely unaware of its atrocities. Prince was born in Bermuda to an enslaved family. She spent her early life in harsh conditions and was eventually sold to John Adams Wood of Antigua, working as his domestic servant. She joined the Moravian Church, where she learned to read, and married Daniel James, a former slave who had bought his freedom. In 1828 she traveled to England with the Woods family and after protracted efforts by abolitionists was able to leave their control. Encouraged by her new employer, Thomas Pringle, who also served as her editor, Prince wrote and published her book in 1831 to wide acclaim. While eighteenth-century slave narratives largely focused on Christian spiritual journeys and religious redemption, Prince was part of a growing trend of abolitionist writers focused on the injustice of slavery. Her work stands alongside better-known narratives such as A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Adding to its importance, few early women's slave narratives exist.
- Uniform Title
- History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave (Online)
- Book collections on Project MUSE.
- Alternative Title
- History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave (Online)
- Subject
- Note
- Originally published: Third edition. London : F. Westley and A.H. Davis ; Edinburgh : Waugh & Innes, 1831.
- "A DocSouth Books edition."
- Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 6).
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on print version record.
- OCLC
- ssj0001818552
- Author
- Prince, Mary.
- Title
- The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave [electronic resource] : Related by Herself / by Mary Prince.
- Imprint
- Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)[Chapel Hill, North Carolina] : Distributed by University of North Carolina Press (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)Chapel Hill [North Carolina] : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, 2017. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
- Series
- Book collections on Project MUSE.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 6).
- Access
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Project Muse.
- Other Form:
- Print version: 9781469633282