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Ten slaves—all under the age of 19—tell stories of enslavement, brutality, and dreams of freedom in this collection culled from full-length autobiographies.
Born in Bondage
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Pages: 306
Authors: Marie Jenkins Schwartz
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-01 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Each time a child was born in bondage, the system of slavery began anew. Although raised by their parents or by surrogates in the slave community, children were
Stolen Childhood
Language: en
Pages: 284
Authors: Wilma King
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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"King provides a jarring snapshot of children living in bondage. This compellingly written work is a testament to the strength and resilience of the children an
Slavery by Another Name
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Authors: Douglas A. Blackmon
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the mistreatment of black Americans. In this 'precise and eloquent work' - as described in its Pulitzer Prize citation - Dou
Growing Up in the 1850s
Language: en
Pages: 176
Authors: Agnes Lee
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Eleanor Agnes Lee, Robert E. Lee's fifth child, began her journal in December 1852 at the early age of twelve. An articulate young woman, her stated ambitions w