1. Slave Narrative and the Female Voice in Abolitionist Writing
... woman as a morally unblemished victim. Thus, because Mary Prince was sponsored by the British Anti-Slavery Society, she was hindered from depicting any sexual situation (including being molested by her master) that could be interpreted as morally corrupt (Prince 4). This demand was unrealistic, since the exploitation of female slaves was a standard practice for most masters. Prince's experience was undoubtedly the ... Moira Ferguson notes that, Mary Prince writes around the taboo against relating sexual experience (even abusive ones) by encoding her abusive sexual experiences in accounts...
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