Ebook {Epub PDF} The History of Mary Prince A West Indian Slave Related by Herself by Mary Prince

The History of Mary Prince encapsulates and dramatically relates the hardship and sorrow of a slave woman's experiences, but it also tells of the resilience of the indomitable human spirit which underpinned the determination of slaves not merely to survive, subvert and resist the degradation, humiliation, dehumanisation and objectification involved in being slaves but, more importantly, to triumph in the . HISTORY OF MARY PRINCE A WEST INDIAN SLAVE. (Related by herself.) I WAS born at Brackish-Pond, in Bermuda, on a farm belonging to Mr. Charles Myners. My mother was a household slave; and my father, whose name was Prince, was a sawyer belonging . The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative by Mary Prince is the story of a slave that was born in Bermuda and was forced into the claws of slavery. She had to endure many hardships in her life, like being separated from her family and dehumanized; she was treated as if she were an animal.

In The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave Related by Herself, Prince recounts her life as a slave in Bermuda, and then in Antigua. Throughout the text, Prince details the various work demanded of her, including nursing, cooking, cleaning, and outdoor manual labor on the plantations and in the salt-ponds of "Turk's Island." She also recounts the physical, psychological and sexual abuse. A DocSouth Book, Distributed for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library. Mary Prince's narrative was one of the earliest to reveal the ugly truths about slavery in the West Indies to an English reading public that was largely unaware of its atrocities. Prince was born in Bermuda to an enslaved family. The history of Mary Prince, a West Indian slave, related by herself / with a supplement by the editor ; to which is added, The narrative of Asa-Asa, a captured African. 3rd ed. "Supplied at trade price to Anti-Slavery Associations by Joseph Phillips."|Includes bibliographical references. Funding.

Mary Prince was born in Brackish Pond, Bermuda, in Her mother was enslaved in the household of Charles Myners, and her father was a shipbuilder's sawyer. As an infant, she was sold with her mother to Darrel Williams, who gave her as a gift to his granddaughter. The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative by Mary Prince is the story of a slave that was born in Bermuda and was forced into the claws of slavery. She had to endure many hardships in her life, like being separated from her family and dehumanized; she was treated as if she were an animal. The History of Mary Prince encapsulates and dramatically relates the hardship and sorrow of a slave woman's experiences, but it also tells of the resilience of the indomitable human spirit which underpinned the determination of slaves not merely to survive, subvert and resist the degradation, humiliation, dehumanisation and objectification involved in being slaves but, more importantly, to triumph in the quest of freedom.".