James Curtin

Standard Name: Curtin, James

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Cultural formation Mary Prince
MP was baptised a Christian by an Anglican clergyman, James Curtin ; though empowered to baptise her in the name of the Trinity, he would not let her attend his Sunday school without her owner's permission.
Prince, Mary, and Ziggi Alexander. The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave. Editor Ferguson, Moira, Pandora, 1987.
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Reception Mary Prince
The Rev. James Curtin , the missionary who had baptised MP , testified to a House of Lords committee that cruelty to slaves was almost unknown in Antigua.
Ferguson, Moira. Subject to Others: British Women Writers and Colonial Slavery, 1670-1834. Routledge, 1992.
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