the history of mary prince a west indian slave

Opinion, for the deeds of which their former bondwoman accuses them and These three individualsĪre now gone to answer at a far more awful tribunal than that of public To whom conduct of peculiar atrocity is ascribed. The names of all the persons mentioned by the narrator have been printed Joseph Phillips, who was a resident in that colonyĭuring the same period, and had known her there. Relates to her residence in Antigua I had the advantage of being assisted Gross grammatical errors, so as to render it clearly intelligible.Īfter it had been thus written out, I went over the whole, carefullyĮxamining her on every fact and circumstance detailed and in all that Than was requisite to exclude redundancies and It is essentially her own, without any material alteration farther Has been omitted, and not a single circumstance or sentiment has beenĪdded. Mary's exact expressions and peculiar phraseology. Pruned into its present shape retaining, as far as was practicable, It was written outįully, with all the narrator's repetitions and prolixities, and afterwards To be at the time residing in my family as a visitor. The narrative was taken down from Mary's own lips by a lady who happened Master's, which will be found in the Supplement, induced me to accede to

She wished it to be done, she said, that good people in England might hearįrom a slave what a slave had felt and suffered and a letter of her late

The idea of writing Mary Prince's history was first suggested by herself. DAVIS, Stationers' HallĬourt And by WAUGH & INNES, EDINBURGH. 'By our sufferings, since ye brought us To the man-degrading mart,- All sustain'd by patience, taught us Only by a broken heart,- Deem our nation brutes no longer, Till some reason ye shall find Worthier of regard, and stronger Than the colour of our kind.'

The history of mary prince a west indian slave