Mary Seacole
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Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands, 1857, presents a complex self-portrait of a mixed-race itinerant female colonial subject, as well as a rare female account of the Crimean War.
's single publication, the travel narrative
Biography
Mother Seacole by the soldiers in the Crimea. Her nickname in Panama, Aunty Seacole, she seems to have regarded less fondly, perhaps because it bore specifically racist connotations from the US context, along the lines of Aunt Jemima.
was given the affectionate title of