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Mary Seacole was a daring adventurer of (0) THE 19th century. With a white father and a native mother, she was a Jamaican woman of (1) ............ race, and she was awarded the Order of Merit posthumously by the government of Jamaica and celebrated as a Black Briton in the United Kingdom. Seacole authored a book (2) ............ on her travels in Panama, where she ran a store for men going overland to the California Gold Rush. Her experiences in the Crimean War, (3) ............ she ran a store and catering service for officers, proved invaluable. There she was known for her compassion and dedication, (4) ............ which she earned the nickname Mother Seacole. Mary Jane Grant was born in Kingston, Jamaica, sometime in 1805, although she kept her actual (5) ............ date a secret. She gave (6) ............ census an incorrect age twice, reporting herself five years younger than she actually was. Her year of birth is taken from her death certificate. Seacole died of a stroke on May 14, 1881, and was a rich woman at the (7) ............ of her death. Seacole left (8) ............ much of her money to her sister in Jamaica.