Mary’s Birth
Mary Prince was born in 1788, at Brackish-Pond, in Bermuda, to enslaved family, on a farm that belonged to Mr. Charles Mynors. Mary Prince’s mother was a household slave; and her father whose name was Prince and was a shipbuilder for Mr.Trimingham at Crow Lane. When Mary Prince was an infant there was a division of the slaves and other property among the different families that were living in Bermuda.
A man by the name of Captain Darrel who had brought Mary and her mother, and he decided to pass them along to his youngest granddaughter whose name was Miss Betsey Williams. Fortunately, Mrs. Williams had treated all of her slaves very well. Since Mary was brought for miss betsey williams, the two of …show more content…
was Mary’s fifth and final slave-owner, he was a merchant- rentier, or jobber. Which meant that he rented slaves to other slave-owners to work done.When Mary arrived in Antigua, she was there to work, but John’s wife, Margaret Wood had realized Mary could domestic work, and she wanted to have her permanently. Mary had worked with the Wood’s for about thirteen years. While living in Antigua, Mary became apart of the Moravian Congregation. The Spring Garden Moravian Congregation’s mission was to educate slaves, teaching them how to read write. There were three women that had taught Mary how to read and write, their names were Mrs.Richter, Mrs.Olufsen, and