On June 13, 1831, debates in the British House of Commons referenced Mary Prince’s autobiography—The History of Mary Prince, published earlier that year. Prince, born in Bermuda, was the first Black woman to publish a slave narrative in Britain. The June 13 session featured parliamentary calls to investigate the brutalities revealed in her account. Her testimony was critical in building momentum toward the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833. Prince’s courage became emblematic of enslaved women\’s resistance and marked a shift in British public consciousness about Caribbean slavery. Her narrative helped humanize the realities of imperial violence.
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