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Raising freedom's child : Black children and visions of the future after slavery / Mary Niall Mitchell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mitchell, Mary Niall.
- Series:
- American history and culture (New York University Press)
- American history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American children--History--19th century.
- African American children.
- Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States.
- Enslaved persons.
- Enslaved persons--Emancipation.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2008]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-305) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814757192
- 0814757197
- OCLC:
- 181072562
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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