Editing Slave narrative (section)

==Women's slave narratives==
Narratives by enslaved women include the memoirs of Harriet Jacobs, Mary Prince, Mattie J. Jackson, and "[[old Elizabeth]]," among others.

In her narrative, Mary Prince, a Bermuda-born woman and slave discusses her deep connection with her master's wife and the pity she felt for the wife as she witnessed the "ill-treatment" the wife suffered at the hands of her husband.<ref name="Prince2017">Prince, Mary. ''The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave: Related by Herself'', University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, 2017. ProQuest Ebook Central.</ref> Prince was taught to read by [[Moravian Church|Moravian]] missionaries.<ref>{{cite book|author=Prince, Mary|title=The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave: Related by Herself|url=https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/prince/prince.html#p17|page=17}}</ref> Literacy, however, was not a common theme for all enslaved women. The life story of "old Elizabeth" was transcribed from her oral account at the age of 97.<ref>Old Elizabeth (2006). ''Memoir of Old Elizabeth, A Coloured Woman''. Extract in [[Margaret Busby]], ''[[Daughters of Africa]]'', Jonathan Cape, 1992, pp. 22–26.</ref>