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Stolen childhood : slave youth in nineteenth-century America

Title
Stolen childhood : slave youth in nineteenth-century America / Wilma King.
Author
King, Wilma, 1942-
Publication
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.

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TextUse in library IEC 11-7970Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Description
xxiv, 512 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Blacks in the diaspora
Uniform Title
Blacks in the diaspora.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-497) and index.
Contents
In the beginning : the transatlantic trade in children of African descent -- "You know I am one man that do love my children" : slave children and youth in the family and community -- "Us ain't never idle" : the work of enslaved children and youth -- "When day is done" : the play and leisure activities of enslaved children and youth -- "Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave" : temporal and spiritual education -- "What has ever become of my presus little girl" : the traumas and tragedies of slave children and youth -- "Free at last" : the quest for freedom -- "There's a better day a-coming" : the transition from slavery to freedom.
Call Number
IEC 11-7970
ISBN
  • 9780253355621 (alk. paper)
  • 0253355621 (alk. paper)
  • 9780253222640 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0253222648 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2010043634
OCLC
671541127
Author
King, Wilma, 1942-
Title
Stolen childhood : slave youth in nineteenth-century America / Wilma King.
Imprint
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.
Edition
2nd ed.
Series
Blacks in the diaspora
Blacks in the diaspora.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-497) and index.
Research Call Number
IEC 11-7970
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