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Raising freedom's child [electronic resource] : Black children and visions of the future after slavery / Mary Niall Mitchell.

By: Mitchell, Mary Niall.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: American history and culture (New York University Press): Publisher: New York : New York University Press, c2008Description: xii, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): African American children -- History -- 19th century | Slaves -- Emancipation -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 371.829/96073075 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.