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I have been a slave myself — I know what slaves feel — I can tell by myself what other slaves feel, and by what they have told me. The man that says slaves be quite happy in slavery — that they don't want to be free — that man is either ignorant or a lying person. I never heard a slave say so.
Mary Prince
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Mary Prince
Born:
1788
Died:
1833
(aged 45)
Bio:
Mary Prince was born in Devonshire Parish, Bermuda, to an enslaved family of African descent.
Known for:
Sara's Turn of the Century
Three Narratives of Slavery
A Will to Be Free, Vol. II (an African American Heritage Book)
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