Keywords:
Slaves Emancipation
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African American children History 19th century
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African American children - History - 19th century
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African American children - History - 19th century
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Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
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 generation of African Americans raised in freedom, the black child-freedom's child-offered up the possibility that blacks might soon enjoy the same privileges as whites: landownership, equality, autonomy. Yet for most white southerners, this vision was unwelcome, even frightening. Many northerners, too
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 324 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0814757197
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9780814757192
Series Statement:
American history and culture
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=865765
DDC:
371.829/96073075
Language:
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-305) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Portrait of Isaac and Rosa; 1 Emigration A Good and Delicious Country; 2 Reading Race Rosebloom and Pure White,Or So It Seemed; 3 Civilizing Missions Miss Harriet W. Murray,Elsie, and Puss; 4 Labor Tillie Bell's Song; 5 Schooling We Ought to Be One People; Conclusion Some Mighty Morning; Notes; Index; About the Author
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
