The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave by Mary Prince

The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave

Mary Prince

50 pages first pub 1831 (editions)

nonfiction biography classics history challenging emotional informative medium-paced

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Mary Prince recalls that in the slave market in Bermuda, where she was put up for sale, the buyers' talk 'fell like cayenne pepper into the fresh wounds of our hearts'. During her life as a slave she was taken from Bermuda to Turks Island and Anti...

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