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Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands

Mary Seacole

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands

Mary Seacole

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Description

The first autobiography written by a British black woman.

There is distressingly little black prose of consequence to be found in the English canon before the 20th century. Mary Seacole stands out as a gloriously entertaining exception, a Caribbean witness to the black experience in the Victorian age who deserves to be much better known

Traveller, entrepreneur, healer and woman of colour, Mary Seacole is a singular and fascinating figure

Mary Seacole was born in Kingston in 1805 to a Scottish father and free Jamaican mother. She learnt West African herbal medicine from her mother who ran a boarding house. She travelled extensively honing her medical knowledge and she set up a number of businesses. When the Crimean War broke out she applied for nursing work but was denied multiple times. She decided to travel to Crimea herself and opened a very successful hotel providing food and respite to soldiers. She returned to England in poor health and deep in debt. However her supporters organised fundraising events in her honour which revived her fortunes and she published her memoirs in 1857. She died in 1881.

Specifications

  • Publisher
    Macmillan Collector's Library
  • Pub date
    Jun 2020
  • Pages
    208
  • Theme
    Autobiography: general
  • Dimensions
    102 x 158 x 17 mm
  • Weight
    146 gram
  • EAN
    9781529040326
  • Hardback / bound
    Hardback / bound
  • Language
    English

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