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Feb 01, 2001 | ISBN 9780140437492 Buy
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Feb 01, 2001 | ISBN 9780140437492
Former enslaved person Mary Prince’s powerful rallying cry for emancipation and extraordinary testament to survivalThe 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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
The History of Mary Prince AcknowledgmentsIntroductionFurther ReadingChronologyA Note on the Text
THE HISTORY OF MARY PRINCE
NotesAppendix OneAppendix TwoAppendix ThreeAppendix Four
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