The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, Related by Herself

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*The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, Related by Herself* is a groundbreaking 1831 slave narrative and abolitionist text, recounting the life and suffering of Mary Prince and recognized as the first account of a Black woman’s life published in Britain.

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instanceOf abolitionist text ⓘ
autobiography ⓘ
slave narrative ⓘ
aim expose the cruelties of West Indian slavery ⓘ
support the British abolitionist movement ⓘ
associatedOrganization Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ
author Mary Prince ⓘ
countryOfPublication United Kingdom ⓘ
editor Thomas Pringle ⓘ
form first-person narrative ⓘ
genre abolitionist literature ⓘ
autobiography ⓘ
slave narrative ⓘ
hasLaterEdition modern scholarly editions with critical introductions ⓘ
hasPart Preface by Thomas Pringle ⓘ
Supplement by Thomas Pringle ⓘ
historicalContext British colonial slavery ⓘ
campaign leading to the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
influenced later Black women’s autobiographical writing ⓘ
subsequent slave narratives in Britain ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatusAtPublication subject of libel actions ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
narrator Mary Prince ⓘ
notableFor first account of a Black woman’s life published in Britain ⓘ
first narrative of an enslaved Black woman published in the United Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
publicationYear 1831 ⓘ
publisher F. Westley and A. H. Davis ⓘ
relatedCourtCase Pringle v. Cadell (libel case) ⓘ
relatedMovement British abolitionist movement ⓘ
setting Antigua ⓘ
Bermuda ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ
studiedIn Black British literature courses ⓘ
postcolonial studies ⓘ
women’s and gender studies ⓘ
subject Black women’s experiences ⓘ
abolitionism ⓘ
family separation under slavery ⓘ
physical abuse of enslaved people ⓘ
sexual exploitation under slavery ⓘ
slavery in the British West Indies ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ

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Mary Prince → notableWork → The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, Related by Herself ⓘ
Mary Prince → subjectOf → The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, Related by Herself ⓘ