Katz/Prince Collection, 1967-1973.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1967-1973. |
| Description | 1 online resource (74 manuscripts). |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Women's Studies Archive: Female Forerunners Worldwide |
| Subjects |
| Series | Women's Studies Archive: Female Forerunners Worldwide Women's Studies Archive: Female Forerunners Worldwide. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Abstract | Lucy Terry Prince, black pioneer, was born in Africa in 1730 and died in 1821 at the age of ninety-one. When she was five she was brought to Newport, Rhode Island and sold into slavery. For the next twenty-five years she lived with the Wells family in Deerfield, Massachusetts, working as a domestic servant. In 1756, Lucy Terry married Abijah Prince, a black soldier and former slave. Although the couple had met in 1746, it took ten years for Prince, freed upon his master's death in 1748, to earn the money to buy Lucy's freedom from Wells. For the next fourteen years, Lucy and her husband continued to live in Deerfield and raise their six children. Throughout her life, Lucy Terry Prince distinguished herself as a woman of intelligence and determination. In 1746, at the age of sixteen, she wrote a poetic ballad commemorating the Indian attack on a Deerfield haying party. As a result of this poem, she is considered the earliest black American poet, a sample of whose work still exists. The Katz/Prince Collection of manuscript drafts and research materials on the black pioneer, Lucy Terry Prince, was assembled by writers Bernard and Jonathan Katz... |
| General note | Date range: 1967-1973. |
| General note | Includes the following publications: Correspondence McCabe, James M.; Correspondence U.S. Supreme Court and others. |
| General note | Reproduction of the originals from the New York Public Library. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |