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The History of Mary Prince (Penguin Classics)

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Binding: Paperback
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ISBN: 9780140437492
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Page Count: 115
Publication Date: 1/1/2000
Size: 7.69" l x 5.01" w x 0.49"
Series: Penguin Classics

After enduring years of cruelty and abuse at the hands of several families who successively owned her in Bermuda and the West Indies, Mary Prince traveled to London in 1828, in the service of the Woods family. There she was granted her freedom in accordance with English law. But England's anti-slavery ruling did not extend to Antigua, and, in order to remain free, Prince had to abandon hopes of rejoining her husband, who had been left behind. Seeking help from Britain's Anti-Slavery Society, she was offered domestic employment and met her employer's friend, Susanna Strickland, to whom she dictated this gripping story of her life.

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