The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave (Annotated)

The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave (Annotated)

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THIS IS THE ANNOTATED VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL BOOK. WE HAD TRIED TO ANNOTATE THIS BY ADDING 50% TO 55% SUMMARY AT THE END OF THE BOOK IN RED FONTS . THIS BOOK IS THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR, WRITTEN BY AUTHOR HERSELF. SHORT BRIEFINGS ABOUT THE BOOK ARE AS FOLLOWS: -Short Briefings about the AuthorMary Prince (c. 1 October 1788 - after 1833) was a British abolitionist and autobiographer, born in Bermuda to an enslaved family of African descent. Subsequent to her escape, [2] when she was living in London, England, she wrote her slave narrative The History of Mary Prince (1831), which was the first account of the life of a black woman to be published in the United Kingdom. This first-hand description of the brutalities of enslavement, released at a time when slavery was still legal in Bermuda and British Caribbean colonies, had a galvanizing effect on the anti-slavery movement. It was reprinted twice in its first year.Prince had her account transcribed while living and working in England at the home of Thomas Pringle, a founder of the Anti-Slavery Society. She had gone to London with her master and his family in 1828 from Antigu

Book information

ISBN: 9798624521773
Publisher: Independently Published
Imprint: Independently Published
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 66
Weight: 177g
Height: 280mm
Width: 216mm
Spine width: 4mm