num_pages: 160
description: The History of Mary Prince (1831) was the first narrative of a black woman to be published in Britain. It describes Prince's sufferings as a slave in Bermuda, Turks Island and Antigua, and her eventual arrival in London with her brutal owner Mr Wood in 1828. Prince escaped from him and sought assistance from the Anti-Slavery Society, where she dictated her remarkable story to Susanna Strickland (later Moodie). A moving and graphic document, The History drew attention to the continuation of slavery in the Caribbean, despite an 1807 Act of Parliament officially ending the slave trade. It inspired two libel actions and ran into three editions in the year of its publication. This powerful rallying cry for emancipation remains an extraordinary testament to Prince's ill-treatment, suffering and survival.
language: English
title: The History of Mary Prince
titlecomplete: The History of Mary Prince
characters: Mary Prince
genres: 19th Century, Biography, Classics, History, Autobiography, Read For School, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Memoir, School
ratings_count: 2779
places: Bermuda
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd