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Author King, Wilma, 1942-

Title Stolen childhood [electronic resource] : slave youth in nineteenth-century America / Wilma King.

Imprint Bloomington [Ind.] : Indiana University Press, c2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition 2nd ed.
Description xxiv, 512 p. : port.
Series Blacks in the diaspora
Blacks in the diaspora.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Child slaves -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
African American families -- History -- 19th century.
Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States.
United States -- History -- 19th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780253355621 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253222640 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780253355737
9780253000842 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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