Raising freedom's child : Black children and visions of the future after slavery /

Raising freedom's child : Black children and visions of the future after slavery /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Mitchell, Mary Niall.
Imprint:	New York : New York University Press, c2008.
Description:	xii, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	American history and culture American history and culture (New York University Press)
Subject:	Freedmen -- Education -- Southern States. African Americans -- Education -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century. Education -- Economic aspects -- Southern States. Children, Black. African American children. Slaves -- Emancipation. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7094265

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ISBN:	9780814757192 (cl : alk. paper) 0814757197 (cl : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-305) and index.

Table of 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