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This Cambridge Companion provides an in-depth examination of Mary Prince, author of The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, one of the first autobiographies by a Black woman published in English. Edited by Nicole N. Aljoe, the collection brings together leading scholars to analyze Prince’s life, literary contributions, and historical importance.
The volume explores Prince’s experiences as an enslaved person in Bermuda, Turks Islands, and Antigua, and her journey to freedom in England. Contributors examine how her autobiography challenged contemporary narratives about slavery and gender, influenced abolitionist movements, and continues to resonate in postcolonial and African American literary studies.
Essential reading for students and scholars of 19th-century literature, slave narratives, women’s writing, and the history of slavery, this Companion contextualizes Prince’s work within broader literary, historical, and political movements.
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