Prince, Mary
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
פרינס, מרי
Name (Latin)
Prince, Mary
Date of birth
1788-10-01
Date of death
1833
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Antislavery movements
Slave narratives
Trial and arbitral proceedings
Occupation
Slaves
Storytellers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- African American National Biography, accessed September 7, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Prince, Mary; author of a slave narrative; born c.1788 in Brackish-Pond, Bermuda; sold to John Wood, moved with the Wood family to Antigua; joined the Moravian Church, learned to read the Bible; filed unsuccessful petition to the British Parliament to gain her freedom (1829); servant in the household of Thomas Pringle; dictated her story to a family friend with Pringle editing and published the narrative, The History of Mary Prince, London (1831), which played an important role in British abolitionist debates; her life provided a crucial perspective on the role of slaves, particularly female slaves, in attaining freedom and autonomy; died 1833, presumably in England)
- Early Black British writing, c2004:page 233 (Mary Prince; c. 1788-c. 1833)
- The history of Mary Prince, 1987:CIP title page (Mary Prince)
- Mary Prince (c. Oct. 1, 1788 - after 1833) was a British abolitionist and autobiographer, born in the colony of Bermuda (part of British North America until left out of the 1867 Confederation of Canada) to an enslaved family of African descent; after being sold a number of times, and being moved around the Caribbean, she was brought to England as a servant in 1828, and later left her master ( (Wikipedia, May 18, 2023) )
- Her The history of Mary Prince, 1987:CIP t.p. (Mary Prince)
- Early Black British writing, c2004:p. 233 (Mary Prince; c. 1788-c. 1833)