Tells the story of a Jamaican woman who arrived in London, offered to serve as a nurse in the Crimean War, and set out independently to the Crimea when her offer was met with refusal and racism.
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Written in 1857, this is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivalled Florence Nightingale's during the Crimean War. Seacole travelled widely before eventually arriving in London, where her offer to volunteer as a nurse in the war met with racism and refusal.
