The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave. Related by Herself
Title
The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave. Related by Herself
Creator
Prince, Mary (Author)
Publisher
First Edition - London, England : F. Westley and A. H. Davis, Stationer's Hall Court; and by Waugh & Innes, Edinburgh, 1831
Language
English
Abstract/Description
In The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave Related by Herself, Prince recounts her life as a slave in Bermuda, and then in Antigua. Throughout the text, Prince details the various work demanded of her, including nursing, cooking, cleaning, and outdoor manual labor on the plantations and in the salt-ponds of "Turk's Island." She also recounts the physical, psychological and sexual abuse she and other enslaved people suffered through, as well as the frequently abusive domestic relationships within white plantation-owning families.
Subjects and keywords
Narratives
Slave Narratives
Early Caribbean Slave Narratives
Pringle, Thomas
Bermuda
Antigua
Turk's Island
Slave Narratives
Early Caribbean Slave Narratives
Pringle, Thomas
Bermuda
Antigua
Turk's Island
Permanent URL
Date created
1831
Use and reproduction
The digital edition is freely available for public download and non-commercial redistribution.
Restriction on access
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Citation
Prince, Mary. The History of Mary Prince a West Indian Slave. Project Gutenberg, 2006.