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Raising Freedom's Child : Black Children and Visions of the Future after Slavery /

The end of slavery in the United States inspired conflicting visions of the future for all Americans in the nineteenth century, black and white, slave and free. The black child became a figure upon which people projected their hopes and fears about slavery's abolition. As a member of the first...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mitchell, Mary Niall (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2008]
Colección:American History and Culture ; 6
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Emigration
  • 2 Reading Race
  • 3 Civilizing Missions
  • 4 Labor
  • 5 Schooling
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author