The History of Mary Prince (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) - Softcover

Prince, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1962572072 ISBN 13: 9781962572071

Publisher: Warbler Classics, 2023

Synopsis

The complete unabridged 1831 edition with additional related texts, an in-depth essay, and a detailed biographical timeline.

“I was…examined and handled in the same manner that a butcher would a calf or a lamb…I was then put up to sale.”
—Mary Prince

Mary Prince was the first black woman to publish an account of her life in Britain—an account so brutal that few believed it. The History of Mary Prince (1831) describes Prince’s sufferings as a slave in the Caribbean Islands, and her eventual arrival in London with her sadistic owner Mr. Wood. Prince escaped in 1828 and sought assistance from the Anti-Slavery Society. Brief, forthright, and unvarnished, Prince’s account sparked outrage and catalyzed change during a pivotal moment when stormy debates on abolition were raging on both sides of the Atlantic. It inspired two libel actions and sold out of three printings in the year of its publication. This powerful cry for emancipation stands as a seminal work of abolitionist literature. This edition is a republication of the complete 1831 edition and includes additional related texts, an in-depth essay, and a detailed biographical timeline.

Barbara Baumgartner received her Ph.D. in English with a graduate certificate in Women’s Studies from Northwestern University. As a Teaching Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, she taught courses on contemporary gender issues, women’s literature, women’s health, and women in science for twenty-three years. She has published articles on nineteenth-century women authors including Mary Prince, Elizabeth Stoddard, and Emily Dickinson. Dr. Baumgartner is one of founders of the Washington University Prison Education Project that now offers associate’s and bachelor’s degrees in correctional centers in Missouri.

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About the Authors

Mary Prince was the first black woman to publish an account of her sufferings as a slave in the Caribbean Islands. Her book, The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave, was published in 1831.

Barbara Baumgartner received her Ph.D. in English with a graduate certificate in Women's Studies from Northwestern University. As a Teaching Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, she taught courses on contemporary gender issues, women's literature, women's health, and women in science for twenty-three years. She has published articles on nineteenth-century women authors including Mary Prince, Elizabeth Stoddard, and Emily Dickinson. Dr. Baumgartner is one of founders of the Washington University Prison Education Project that now offers associate's and bachelor's degrees in correctional centers in Missouri.

Edition details

• Publisher: Warbler Classics
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1962572072
• ISBN 13: 9781962572071
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 98
• Editor: Pringle Thomas