The Cambridge Companion to Mary Prince

The History of Mary Prince was the first account of the life of a Black woman to be published in the United Kingdom. Part of the avalanche of print culture that accompanied the transatlantic abolitionist movement, it has in recent years become an increasingly central text within pedagogy and research on Black history and literature, thanks to its vivid testimonies of Prince's thoughts and feelings about her gendered experience of Caribbean slavery. Embracing and celebrating a growing international scholarly and general interest in African diasporic voices, texts, histories, and literary traditions, this Companion weds contributions from Romanticists, Caribbeanists, and Americanists to showcase the diversity of disciplinary encounters that Prince's narrative invites, as well as its rich and troubled contexts. The first published collection on a single slave narrative or author, the volume is not only an authoritative, highly focused resource for students but also a model for future research.

• Presents a diverse range of disciplinary perspectives on Prince's narrative, including contributions from Romanticists, Caribbeanists, and Americanists, speaking to its increasing importance as a source text across a range of subject areas
• Introduces key aspects of the problematic cultural and social contexts of Prince's narrative and provides a comprehensive chronology of Prince's life, allowing readers to track and connect Prince's narrative to major historical events
• The first authoritative, accessible resource on a text that is becoming increasingly central to study and research within African American history and literature