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cc-by-nc-nd (c) Diana Núñez Benedito, 2021
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The History of Mary Prince: a fight for abolition and black feminism

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Mary Prince (c. 1788 – c. 1833), born in Bermuda, was the first black slave woman who published her story and the first woman to present a petition to the British Parliament. Since the publication of The History of Mary Prince in 1831, from the pro-slavery to nowadays intellectuals have doubted on the narrative’s veracity as it was narrated and not written by Prince. Nonetheless, the story posed an impulse towards abolition and made black women’s fight against patriarchy visible. For all that, the treatment that The History of Mary Prince has received both in the academic and social spheres is objectively discriminatory and Mary Prince should be given the recognition she deserves as an abolitionist and feminist.
Mary Prince (c. 1788 – c. 1833), nacida en Bermuda, fue la primera esclava negra en publicar su historia y la primera mujer en presentar una petición al Parlamento Británico. Desde la publicación de The History of Mary Prince en 1831, desde los mismos esclavistas hasta intelectuales de hoy en día han dudado de la veracidad de la narrativa por haber sido narrada y no escrita por Prince. Sin embargo, la historia supuso un impulso hacia la abolición de la esclavitud y visibilizó la lucha de la mujer negra contra el patriarcado. Por todo eso, el trato que The History of Mary Prince ha recibido tanto en el ámbito académico como social es objetivamente discriminatorio y se debe dar a Mary Prince el reconocimiento que merece como abolicionista y feminista.

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Treballs Finals del Grau d'Estudis Anglesos, Facultat de Filologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Curs: 2020-2021, Tutor: Rodrigo Andrés

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NÚÑEZ BENEDITO, Diana. The History of Mary Prince: a fight for abolition and black feminism. [consulted: 16 of October of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/180523

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