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The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave Quotes by Mary Prince: Context & Meanings

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I have been a slave—I have felt what a slave feels, and I know what a slave knows; and I would have all the good people in England to know it too, that they may break our chains, and set us free.
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“I have been a slave—I have felt what a slave feels, and I know what a slave knows; and I would have all the good people in England to know it too, that they may break our chains, and set us free.”

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Prince grounds her abolitionist appeal in lived experience, insisting that people who have not endured slavery should hear testimony from those who have.

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The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, Related by Herself, 1831. Prince’s oral account was taken down for publication; the passage explicitly explains why she wanted English readers to know what slavery felt like from an enslaved person’s perspective.