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Stolen childhood slave youth in nineteenth-century America

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

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Description
1 online resource (xxiv, 512 p.) : ill.
Series Statement
Blacks in the diaspora
Uniform Title
  • Stolen childhood (Online)
  • Blacks in the diaspora.
Alternative Title
Stolen childhood (Online)
Subject
  • Slavery > United States > History > 19th century
  • Enslaved children > United States > History > 19th century
  • African American families > History > 19th century
  • Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States
  • United States > History > 19th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-497) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2010043634
OCLC
ssj0000525892
Author
King, Wilma, 1942-
Title
Stolen childhood [electronic resource] : 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.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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