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MARY SEACOLE

MARY SEACOLE. INTERSTING FACT ABOUT MARY SEACOLE!!. Full Name: Mary Jane Seacole DOB: 1805 DOD: 14 May 1881 She grow up in Kingston, Jamaica. In …she moved to London and live for the rest of her life. In 2004 S he Was V oted T he G reatest Black Briton .

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MARY SEACOLE

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  1. MARY SEACOLE

  2. INTERSTING FACT ABOUT MARY SEACOLE!! • Full Name: Mary Jane Seacole • DOB: 1805 • DOD: 14 May 1881 • She grow up in Kingston, Jamaica. • In …she moved to London and live for the rest of her life. • In 2004 She Was Voted The Greatest Black Briton. • She wrote a book called : Wonderful adventure of Mrs. Seacole in many lands (1857). • She was posthumously awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit in 1991.

  3. THINGS SHE DID FOR PEOPLE • 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 opened a shop in Crimea • She opened a hotel called “ British Hotel. ” To help soldier get better in the war.

  4. NOT SO INTERSTING FACT • Her father was white and her mother was mixed race. • Her father was a Scottish solider in the British Army. • After returning to Jamaica, Seacole nursed her "old indulgent patroness" through an illness. • If people refused to help her, perhaps because of racial prejudice, she still did what she believed was right.

  5. DEATH OF MARY SEACOLE/ CONCLUSION • Mary Jane Seacole died on 14 May 1881 • She died because I think Mary Seacole died of natural causes. • I chose Mary Seacole she is a black independent woman and even if people put her down she always springs back even bigger. • And she is intersting and if I could I would go back in time and meet her in person.

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