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Bezig met laden... The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave, Related by Herself: Revised Edition (origineel 1831; editie 1998)door Moira Ferguson
Informatie over het werkThe History of Mary Prince door Mary Prince (1831)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Read for a graduate seminar on Human Rights - while this account of slavery is harrowing, I think it falls short in being mediated through the words of a white woman and presented as a means of propaganda for the mostly-white Anti Slavery Society. Thus what I want more of is Mary Prince's own voice and story and less of the white publisher's call to action- no matter how righteous the cause. ( ) One of those books that is what it says on the box. Hard to tell how much edited, though the editor claims as little as possible. Either way, Mary Prince tells her life vividly and economically; though she barely lingers over any one of the torments laid upon her and her fellow slaves, the reader gains a clear picture of each and of the whole they make up. The backmatter gives the political context of British tolerance of overseas slavery at the time, and of the very piecemeal approach to remedying it. Bermuda [British overseas territory]. The Penguin Classics edition includes multiple related texts and explanations, making it easier to put Mary Price's narrative of her slavery in the West Indies and surrounding islands into context. Importantly, this narrative is mediated by the transcriber/editor and there is a reasonable amount of discussion of how that mediation may have shaped the way the story was told in order to serve abolitionist ends. Prince's story is usefully compared to other narratives by slaves, and notes and appendices fill in a bigger picture. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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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. She spent her early life in harsh conditions and was eventually sold to John Adams Wood of Antigua, working as his domestic servant. She joined the Moravian Church, where she learned to read, and married Daniel James, a former slave who had bought his freedom. In 1828 she traveled to England with the Woods family and after protracted efforts by abolitionists was able to leave their control. Encouraged by her new employer, Thomas Pringle, who also served as her editor, Prince wrote and published her book in 1831 to wide acclaim. While eighteenth-century slave narratives largely focused on Christian spiritual journeys and religious redemption, Prince was part of a growing trend of abolitionist writers focused on the injustice of slavery. Her work stands alongside better-known narratives such as A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Adding to its importance, few early women's slave narratives exist. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)306.362092Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Culture and Institutions Economic institutions Systems of labor, industrial sociology Slavery Biography And History Biography And History BiographyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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