King, Wilma, 1942-

Stolen childhood slave youth in nineteenth-century America / [electronic resource] : Wilma King. - 2nd ed. - Bloomington [Ind.] : Indiana University Press, c2011. - xxiv, 512 p. : port. - Blacks in the diaspora .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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ebrary,
2011.
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Slavery--History--United States--19th century.
Child slaves--History--United States--19th century.
African American families--History--19th century.
Slaves--Emancipation--United States.


United States--History--19th century.


Electronic books.

E441 / .K59 2011eb

306.3/62083