Assignment task:
Source for Questions: Mary Prince, The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative: pages 1-34
Q1. What were the circumstances of Mary's childhood? What were her relations with family and non-family members?
Q2. How did Mary's conditions as a slave change (or not) over time?
Q3. How did Mary's conditions compare to that of the other slaves with whom she lived?
Q4. What prompted Mary's religious conversion? How does she use religion in her account?
Q5. How did Mary wind up in England?
Q6. What factors allowed Mary to escape the control of the Woods?
Q7. How does Mary's narrative conclude?
Q8. Whom do you think was the intended audience for this narrative?
Q9. What may have been some of the reasons for the repeated discussion of Mary's personal conduct, respectability, and marriage?
Q10. How do Mary's personal experiences compare to those of Equiano Olaudah?
Q11. How does the nature of Mary's narrative compare to that of Equiano?