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Rauwerda's The Slave Narrative: The Voice Of Mary Prince

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The narrative was initially represented by the perspective of a white journalist, however not the authenticity of a female enslaved person. This notation was observed by scholars who believed the voice of Mary Prince was not open throughout the preface portion of her “slave narrative.” It was easily assumed that Pringle was the individual who misrepresented her name, changed it to his comfort and not her own. Rauwerda brings in this observation of Pringle’s editorial implication. She says the value of the name change was not appropriate for Pringle to make. It was something created and formed by his interpretation of the event, from his own “prejudices and preconceptions” (Rauwerda, 400). The comments made about Prince’s name were in the context
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