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

By: King, Wilma, 1942-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Blacks in the diasporaPublication details: Bloomington [Ind.] : Indiana University Press, c2011Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxiv, 512 p. : portISBN: 9780253000842 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): 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 centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 306.3/62083 LOC classification: E441 | .K59 2011Online resources: Click to View
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.
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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.

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