Prince, Mary, and Ziggi Alexander. The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave. Editor Ferguson, Moira, Pandora, 1987.
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Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
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Cultural formation | Susanna Moodie | In her late twenties, Susanna met Thomas Pringle
, Methodist
secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society
in England, who influenced her involvement with the abolitionist movement and her decision to join a Nonconformist congregation near Reydon... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Matilda Charlotte Houstoun | MCH
's aunt Lucy Townsend
was a zealous participant in anti-slavery campaigning at a time when major associations such as the Anti-Slavery Society
showed hostility towards the participation of women. (Women's anti-slavery societies tended to... |
Occupation | Mary Prince | MP
went to work for the family of Thomas Pringle
, secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society
. Prince, Mary, and Ziggi Alexander. The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave. Editor Ferguson, Moira, Pandora, 1987. 89 |
politics | Mary Prince | MP
, on her own in London, came to the attention of the Anti-Slavery Society
through the Moravian Missionaries, from whom she had sought help. Prince, Mary, and Ziggi Alexander. The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave. Editor Ferguson, Moira, Pandora, 1987. 81n |
politics | Mary Prince | The Anti-Slavery Society
submitted a petition to parliament
on MP
's behalf, for her freedom. Alexander, Ziggi et al. “Introduction; Supplement; Appendices”. The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave, edited by Moira Ferguson, Pandora, 1987, pp. 1-41. 116 |
politics | Kathleen E. Innes | Speakers included J. H. Harris
, a Quaker and member of the Anti-Slavery Society
, Charles Roberts
, and Isobel McGregor Ross
, who with her husband William McGregor Ross
, former Director of Public... |
Publishing | Sarah Stickney Ellis | After this and a few other poorly selling ventures in privately printed material, SSE
followed the advice of a friend and contacted the publisher Thomas Pringle
, secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society
, who offered... |
Reception | Mary Prince | The aftermath dragged on. Thomas Pringle
of the Anti-Slavery Society
, who had published MP
's work, sued Thomas Cadell
, London publisher of Blackwood's; the man who claimed ownership of MP
sued Pringle for libel. |
Textual Features | Elizabeth Heyrick | Men have done nothing, says EH
, in the five years since they undertook to ameliorate slavery (that is, since the Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery
was founded in 1823). The... |
Textual Production | Mary Prince | The Anti-Slavery Society
published The History of Mary Prince
, a West Indian Slave. Related by herself, dictated by Prince at her own suggestion to Susanna Strickland (later Moodie)
. The title was chosen... |
Wealth and Poverty | Hannah More | HM
left more than one-third of her estate—over £10,000—to charity. She left money locally (to pensioners, and the poor, and Female Clubs), and to institutions (both nationally and to Bristol branches) like the Anti-Slavery Society |
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