Polly

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Polly is the nickname of Mary Prince, a West Indian woman whose 1831 autobiography was the first account of a Black woman’s life published in Britain and a powerful indictment of slavery.

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Polly canonical 10

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiography ⓘ
person ⓘ
person ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Polly ⓘ
author Mary Prince ⓘ
Polly ⓘ
continentOfOrigin Caribbean ⓘ
countryOfBirth Bermuda ⓘ
countryOfPublication United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 1788 ⓘ
dateOfDeath after 1833 ⓘ
enslavedStatus formerly enslaved person ⓘ
ethnicity Black ⓘ
ethnicOrigin West Indian ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalInvolvement subject of libel actions related to her narrative ⓘ
livedIn Antigua ⓘ
Bermuda ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ
movement British abolitionist movement ⓘ
name Polly ⓘ
nicknameOf Mary Prince ⓘ
notability author of a powerful indictment of slavery ⓘ
first published account of a Black woman’s life in Britain ⓘ
notableWork The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, Related by Herself ⓘ
occupation abolitionist ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ
autobiographer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brackish-Pond, Devonshire Parish, Bermuda ⓘ
placeOfDeath United Kingdom (probable) ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
placeOfPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
publicationYear 1831 ⓘ
religion Moravian Church ⓘ
spouse Daniel James ⓘ
subject abolitionism ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
workedWith Thomas Pringle ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mary → hasVariant → Polly ⓘ
Mary → hasDiminutive → Polly ⓘ
Mary Prince → alsoKnownAs → Polly ⓘ
subject linked to: Polly
The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, Related by Herself → author → Polly ⓘ
subject linked to: Polly
Mary (Polly) Prince → nickname → Polly ⓘ
subject linked to: Mary
Molly → hasRelatedName → Polly ⓘ
Mary → hasDiminutive → Polly ⓘ
Mary → hasShortForm → Polly ⓘ
subject linked to: Mary is of Hebrew origin
Mary → shortForm → Polly ⓘ