who wrote it?
Mary Seacole
Mary Seacole
A 200-page autobiographical account of her travels was published in July 1857 by James Blackwood as "Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands", the first autobiography written by a black woman in Britain. Priced at one shilling and six pence (1/) a copy, the cover bears a striking portrait of Seacole in red, yellow and black ink. Robinson speculates that she dictated the work to an editor, identified in the book only as W.J.S., who improved her grammar and orthography. In the work Seacole deals with the first 39 years of her life in one short chapter.
who was mary seacole? A British-Jamaican nurse, healer and businesswoman who set up the "British Hotel" behind the lines during the Crimean War. where was she born? Kingston, Jamaica what did she do in the caribbean? She cared for her "old indulgent patroness" who gave financial support to her;  She was occasionally called to provide nursing assistance at the British Army hospital at Up-Park Camp; She married Edwin Horatio Hamilton Seacole in Kingston what role did she play during the war? She set up the 'British Hotel' and provided succour for wounded servicemen on the battlefield, and nursed many of them back to health. can you mention any controversy regarding her? It has been argued that Mary Seacole has been promoted at the expense of Florence Nightingale.Patrick Vernon opines that a lot of the claims that Seacole's achievements were exaggerated came from an English elite that was determined to suppress and hide the black contribution in Britain. was any book written on her? Yes - Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
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Mary Seacole [SEP] "Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands"
A short final "Conclusion" deals with her return to England, and lists supporters of her fund-raising effort, including Rokeby, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Newcastle, William Russell, and other prominent men in the military. Also within the Conclusion, she describes all of her career adventures experienced in the Crimean War as pride and pleasure.The book was dedicated to Major-General Lord Rokeby, commander of the First Division. In a brief preface, the "Times" correspondent William Howard Russell wrote, "I have witnessed her devotion and her courage ... and I trust that England will never forget one who has nursed her sick, who sought out her wounded to aid and succour them and who performed the last offices for some of her illustrious dead." The "Illustrated London News" received the autobiography favorably agreeing with the statements made in the preface "If singleness of heart, true charity and Christian works- of trials and sufferings, dangers and perils, encountered boldly by a helpless women on her errand of mercy in the camp and in the battlefield can excite sympathy or move curiosity, Mary Seacole will have many friends and many readers".