Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
by Mary Seacole · 1857
Memoir · Classics
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Mary Seacole, born in Jamaica, tells of her travels, her work as a healer, and how she went to the Crimean War on her own and nursed soldiers close to the front. One of the first autobiographies by a Black woman in Britain.
Content note: This 1857 memoir describes illness, cholera and war, and uses language of its time that is outdated or offensive today.
23 chapters
