1. Slave Narrative and the Female Voice in Abolitionist Writing
The 1831 slave narrative The History of Mary Prince is indeed a multi-layered text. ... Through it all, she tells her story in such earnest that modern readers can almost hear abolitionists and colonialists of Prince's time gasping, "It wasn't that bad, was it?... For this reason, the narrative is often criticized as being, in A. ... Sexual assaults are not stated outright in the text, but are alluded to. ... Likewise, writing of being forced to bathe Mr. ...
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