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Hear my roar
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Hear my roar
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protest in the history of Mary Prince, a West Indian slave narrative
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Bowman
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Victoria Onori
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Victoria Bowman
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Carol
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Carol Singley
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Ledoux
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Ellen Malenas
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Ellen Malenas Ledoux
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Geoffrey
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Geoffrey Sill
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Rutgers University
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Camden Graduate School
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theses
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2012
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Hear My Roar: Protest in The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave Narrative, argues that Prince’s narrative protests her mistreatment and that of her fellow slaves during a time when slaves and women typically had little power and no voice, while also cataloging various forms of resistance, including verbal, physical and social protest. Throughout The History, Prince describes various ways in which she was abused, while also illustrating the ways in which she defended herself and others from her abusers. This paper provides analysis and synthesis of the primary text along with secondary sources to show evidence of the active role that Prince took to ensure her own safety and dignity, as well as that of others. No matter the circumstances surrounding the publication of Prince’s story, she made a conscious decision to share her story and thus re-tell the various acts of violence and degradation that she endured. She also chose to tell how she was able to preserve some dignity through the abuse by performing various acts of protest. Through these acts of protest, as well as the re-telling, Prince was also ensuring that her voice was heard. In 1831, it was rare for a slave narrative to be published. Prince’s was the first of its kind to be published by a female slave, thus this narrative was the first to offer a voice other than an abolitionist’s or male slave’s viewpoint on the atrocities of slavery. Through the act of publication, the narrative allowed others to read and witness the abuse that she endured, as well as the subsequent progression of her personal development from a slave girl with no voice to a woman whose acts of resistance ultimately led to her freedom. Those acts of protest and resistance are the focus of this paper.
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by Victoria Onori Bowman
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ETD graduate
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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2214-05-31
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Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request. It will be publicly available after May 31st, 2214.
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