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Stolen childhood : slave youth in nineteenth-century America / Wilma King

2nd ed

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011

Online-Ressource (xxiv, 512 p) : ill

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-497) and index

Print version: King, Wilma : Stolen Childhood : Slave Youth in Nineteenth-Century America. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press,c2011

1-299-87556-4 (ebk); 978-1-299-87556-2 (MyiLibrary); 978-0-253-00107-8 (electronic)

1-299-87831-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-253-35562-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

E441

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Child slaves - United States - History - 19th century ; Electronic books

Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 "In the Beginning": The Transatlantic Tradein Children of African Descent -- 2 "You know I am one man that do love my children": Slave Children and Youth in the Family and Community -- 3 "Us ain't never idle": The Work of Enslaved Children and Youth -- 4 "When day is done": The Play and Leisure Activities of Enslaved Children and Youth -- Illustrations -- 5 "Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave": Temporal and Spiritual Education

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6 "What has Ever become of my Presus little girl": The Traumas and Tragedies of Slave Children and Youth -- 7 "Free at last": The Quest for Freedom -- 8 "There's a better day a-coming": The Transitionfrom Slavery to Freedom -- Notes -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index