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Mary Prince Day is a public holiday in Bermuda, observed on the Friday before the first Monday in August as part of the Cup Match holiday weekend. It honors Mary Prince, a Bermudian-born woman who was enslaved as a child and later published the first known autobiography by a Black woman describing the experience of slavery in the British Empire.
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Bermuda
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Mary Prince Day is a Bermudian public holiday held on the Friday before the first Monday in August, honoring the formerly enslaved writer Mary Prince.
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Mary Prince Day stands alone on the calendar, the single public holiday marked anywhere in the world today. Bermuda is the only country observing, giving this one occasion the day's full spotlight rather than sharing it among a broader mix of celebrations. Days like this are a reminder that global holiday coverage often narrows to just one country's calendar.
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Mary Prince Day is classified as a countrywide public holiday rather than a regional one, meaning it applies to the whole of Bermuda instead of only part of the country.
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