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Mary Seacole

Born

Jamaica

Died

May 14, 1881

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Mary Jane Seacole (1805 - 1881), née Grant, was a Jamaican-born woman of Scottish and Creole descent who set up a 'British Hotel' behind the lines during the Crimean War, which she described as "a mess-table and comfortable quarters for sick and convalescent officers," and provided succour for wounded servicemen on the battlefield. She was posthumously awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit in 1991. In 2004 she was voted the greatest black Briton.

She acquired knowledge of herbal medicine in the Caribbean. When the Crimean War broke out, she applied to the War Office to assist but was refused. She travelled independently and set up her hotel and assisted battlefield wounded. She became extremely popular among service personnel who raised money ...more

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	Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands 3.43 avg rating — 1,515 ratings — published 1857 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands 3.56 avg rating — 41 ratings — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Florence Nightingale: Autobiography of a Mary Seacole, a Black Nurse, and the Vivid Account of Her Role in the Crimean and Other Wars 3.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Je suis une mal-blanchie: la vie aventureuse d'une cousine de l'oncle Tom, 1805 - 1881 by Mary Seacole, Christel Mouchard (Translator) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abenteuerliche Biografie einer außergewöhnlichen Frau: Mary Seacole, Heroine des Krimkriegs did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die wunderbaren Abenteuer von Frau Seacole in vielen Ländern: Ausgabe in neuer Übersetzung und Rechtschreibung 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Greatest Books from Women's Travel Journals by Mary Seacole, Fanny Kemble, Maria Graham 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aventures et Voyages d'une Créole, Mme Seacole, à Panama et en Crimée by Mary Seacole, Victorine Rilliet de Constant Massé (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoirs of Mrs. Seacole: The Autobiography of Britain's Greatest Black Heroine, Business Woman & Crimean War Nurse 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Extraordinary Adventures of Mrs. Seacole 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Unless I am allowed to tell the story of my life in my own way, I cannot tell it at all.”
― Mary Seacole, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands

tags: autobiography, biography, life, story, storytelling

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“Time is a great restorer, and changes surely the greatest sorrow into a pleasing memory.”
― Mary Seacole, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands

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“it was wonderful to see how freedom and equality elevate men, and the same negro who perhaps in Tennessee would have cowered like a beaten child or dog beneath an American’s uplifted hand, would face him boldly here, and by equal courage and superior physical strength cow his old oppressor.”
― Mary Seacole, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands

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