Person    | Female  Born 1788  Died 1833

Mary Prince

Categories: Literature, Race Issues

Countries: Antigua, Bermuda

First African woman to publish her memoirs of slavery. Born Bermuda. The daughter of slaves, she was first sold aged 10 for £20. Eventually bought for $300 in 1818 by John Wood who moved his whole household to London in 1828, including Mary. She ran away to the Moravian Mission in Hatton Garden. She found sanctuary with Thomas Pringle, who worked with the Anti-Slavery Society, and she told her story to him. He employed her and helped her to publish her memoirs 'The History of Mary Prince' in 1831. The rest of her life is unrecorded. There is no picture of Mary Prince but the Guardian uses this picture to illustrate their piece.

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Mary Prince

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Mary Prince

Mary Prince, 1788 - 1833, abolitionist and author, lived in a house near this...

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Eric Newton

Eric Newton

Artist, writer, broadcaster and art critic. He produced several books in addition to his newspaper and radio work. His radio broadcasts made him well known to the British public in the 1930s. Art c...

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2 memorials
The Beatrix Potter Society

The Beatrix Potter Society

Founded to promote the study and appreciation of the life and works of the author.

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1 memorial
Mrs Hester Thrale (Piozzi)

Mrs Hester Thrale (Piozzi)

Writer and good friend to Samuel Johnson. Born near Bwlheli, Caernarvonshire, as Hester Salusbury. In 1763 was married for money to Henry Thrale, a wealthy London brewer. An unhappy marriage, with ...

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2 memorials
Hayes Literary Society

Hayes Literary Society

We can find little about this group but they were very active in 1992  re. Orwell.

Group, Community / Clubs, Literature

1 memorial

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Black Prince Road ceramics - plaque 12

Black Prince Road ceramics - plaque 12

SE11, Black Prince Road, Tunnel underneath railway bridge

These lovely ceramics plaques were installed some time in or before 2008. There are 12 oval ceramics of which 7 nos 1-7) are mosaic and r...

1 subject commemorated
Church WW1 Memorial

Church WW1 Memorial

E8, Kingsland Road

Very sad - a stump of a memorial that is also weathered into illegibility.

1 subject commemorated
Animals War Memorial Dispensary - 2 stone plaques

Animals War Memorial Dispensary - 2 stone plaques

NW6, Cambridge Avenue, 10

This 19th century building was converted by the architect John Oliver Brook Hitch MC, into an animal dispensary. It was opened on 10 Nove...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Harold Hodges
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Wagner School

Wagner School

Private day school for young boys at 90 Queen's Gate, run by Orlando Henry Wagner (1867-1956) and his wife Monica. Operating before WW1 but we can't find start and end dates. An old boy, Michael Ma...

Group, Education

1 memorial