“It was very natural that I should inherit her tastes and so, I had from early youth a yearning for medical knowledge and practice which never deserted me…. But she was also a healer and taught Mary many of her skills using traditional Jamaican medicines.Ī keen student from early childhood, Mary practised medicine on her doll, dogs and cats, and on herself. Mary’s mother ran a lodging house, called Blundell Hall, which was much respected by local people in Kingston, Jamaica’s capital city. She had a sister, Louisa, and a brother, Edward. Although Mary’s mother was black, her father James Grant was a white Scottish army officer and Mary was born a ‘free person’. This was during the period when many black people in the Caribbean were forced to work as slaves. Mary Seacole was born in Jamaica more than 200 years ago. The reason for its commission is unknown. This is the last picture of Mary, taken around 1873. Mary is wearing a military looking outfit (thought to have been self-designed). The above picture depicts Mary seated in front of a wide valley, beside a tent, next to a camp stool and table full of medicine bottles.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |