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The History of Mary Prince

Mary Prince

Form
Form Autobiography
Year
Year 1831
Pages
Pages 96

On the salt ponds of Grand Turk the water came to the knees, and the brine ate sores into the workers' legs until the flesh was raw to the bone. Mary Prince stood in it from four in the morning until dark, for ten years.

All slaves want to be free—to be free is very sweet.
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