"To Be Free Is Very Sweet": The Life of Mary Prince
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Mary Prince was born into slavery in the Caribbean in 1788. She tried to resist the worst abuses of her ‘masters’ and did what she could to regain her freedom. After a hard life of toil and cruelty in Bermuda, Turks Island and Antigua, Mary was brought to London in 1828. She ran away, made contact with the Anti-Slavery Society and told them her life-story. Her account of her experiences was written down, becoming the first life of a Black woman published in Britain and an important weapon in the campaign for the abolition of slavery in 1833. Based on Mary’s own testimony, this accessible and beautifully illustrated biography of Mary Prince has been created by secondary school students so that other young people can read about the life of this significant abolitionist hero.
Written and illustrated by: students of Plant Hill Arts College, Manchester.
Published in 2010.
ISBN: 9780955950575
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