Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands

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Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands is the 1857 autobiography of Jamaican-British nurse Mary Seacole, recounting her travels and experiences, particularly during the Crimean War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiography
book
non-fiction book
about Mary Seacole
surface form: Jamaican-British nurse Mary Seacole
author Mary Seacole
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts Crimean War
describes Mary Seacole's travels in Central America
Mary Seacole's travels in the Caribbean
Mary Seacole's travels to the Crimea
Mary Seacole's work as a nurse
featuresCharacter Mary Seacole
genre autobiography
travel literature
hasForm memoir
hasInfluenced postcolonial literary studies
scholarship on Black British history
studies of nursing history
hasPerspective first-person narrative
hasReception rediscovered and reappraised in late 20th century
hasTheme courage
humanitarianism
imperial service
racial prejudice
self-reliance
language English
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
mainSubject Crimean War
Mary Seacole
colonialism
gender
nursing
race
travel
notableFor being one of the earliest autobiographies by a Black woman in Britain
first-hand account of nursing during the Crimean War
originallyPublishedIn London, England
surface form: London
portrays British Army soldiers in the Crimean War
Mary Seacole's business activities at the British Hotel in Crimea
conditions in military hospitals
publicationDate 1857
setting Crimea
Jamaica
Panama
Scutari
timePeriodCovered 19th century
Crimean War era

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Mary Seacole notableWork Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
Mary Seacole wrote Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
British Hotel (near Balaclava, Crimea) relatedWork Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands