Hussain Ali Akrami
History 102
11:00 AM
February 11, 2015
Mary Prince
Mary Prince’s story was published in her own words and then edited by Thomas Pringle for publication. The British parliament ended slave trade in 1807. While the trading in slaves was banned, there was nothing that parliament could do for those people that were already enslaved within the British Empire. In 1823 some religious groups and politicians came together and protest against slavery for freedom. At 1834 many West Indies were no longer legally slaves in British. People were still inhumanly treated by their master and sometimes forced to work for little money. However there were good slave master, and there are bad slave masters, and she is the bravest person ever. …show more content…
She defines her early childhood when she was at Captain Williams’s house as “the happiest period of my life: for I was too young to understand rightly my condition as a slave.” She was happy with her younger master, even she was a child, but her master treated her well. Other wise she would have described her childhood as a harsh moment of her life. Mr. Captain William is a good master.
There were bad slave master where she got beaten and wiped by them. In an example, Mary ironically explains her beatings by Captain's wife as an instruction: "she taught me . . . to know the exact difference between the smart of the rope, the cart-whip, and the cow-skin, when applied to my naked body by her own cruel hand". There are good and bad slave masters. It’s very easy to find a bad slave master. They think they are better than poor people, and they slave them, and then beat them very harshly. Her masters beat her emotionally and
History 102
11:00 AM
February 11, 2015
Mary Prince
Mary Prince’s story was published in her own words and then edited by Thomas Pringle for publication. The British parliament ended slave trade in 1807. While the trading in slaves was banned, there was nothing that parliament could do for those people that were already enslaved within the British Empire. In 1823 some religious groups and politicians came together and protest against slavery for freedom. At 1834 many West Indies were no longer legally slaves in British. People were still inhumanly treated by their master and sometimes forced to work for little money. However there were good slave master, and there are bad slave masters, and she is the bravest person ever. …show more content…
She defines her early childhood when she was at Captain Williams’s house as “the happiest period of my life: for I was too young to understand rightly my condition as a slave.” She was happy with her younger master, even she was a child, but her master treated her well. Other wise she would have described her childhood as a harsh moment of her life. Mr. Captain William is a good master.
There were bad slave master where she got beaten and wiped by them. In an example, Mary ironically explains her beatings by Captain's wife as an instruction: "she taught me . . . to know the exact difference between the smart of the rope, the cart-whip, and the cow-skin, when applied to my naked body by her own cruel hand". There are good and bad slave masters. It’s very easy to find a bad slave master. They think they are better than poor people, and they slave them, and then beat them very harshly. Her masters beat her emotionally and