Mitchell, Mary Niall.

Raising freedom's child Black children and visions of the future after slavery / [electronic resource] : Mary Niall Mitchell. - New York : New York University Press, c2008. - xii, 324 p. : ill. - American history and culture . - American history and culture (New York University Press) .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-305) and index.

Emigration : a good and delicious country -- Reading race : rosebloom and pure white, or so it seemed -- Civilizing missions : Miss Harriet W. Murray, Elsie, and Puss -- Labor : Tillie Bell's song -- Schooling : we ought to be one people -- Conclusion : some mighty morning.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






African American children--History--19th century.
Slaves--Emancipation--United States.


Electronic books.

E185.86 / .M57 2008

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