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Beyond the boundaries of childhood : African American children in the antebellum North / Crystal Lynn Webster.

By:

Webster, Crystal Lynn [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culturePublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2021]Description: xiii, 186 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781469663227
1469663228
9781469663234
1469663236

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Contents:

The intersections of race and age : toward a new approach to black childhood -- Fugitive play : the imaginative world of northern black childhood -- Inside the walls of childhood : Antebellum institiutions for black children -- At work : from enslavement to indentured servitude -- In school : the journey to the classroom and equal education -- The world their parents made : activism and discourse of black parents and mothers -- From Stephen Ricks to Tamir Rice : old and new boundaries of childhood.

Summary: "For all that is known about the depth and breadth of African American history, we still understand surprisingly little about the lives of African American children, particularly those affected by northern emancipation. But hidden in institutional records, school primers and penmanship books, biographical sketches, and unpublished documents is a rich archive that reveals the social and affective worlds of northern Black children. Drawing evidence from the urban centers of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, Crystal Webster's innovative research yields a powerful new history of African American childhood before the Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.

List(s) this item appears in: Black Women and Children Reference | Books by Library Company Fellows

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Library Company of Philadelphia	Ii4 A6357.O	Available		315039

Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-175) and index.

"For all that is known about the depth and breadth of African American history, we still understand surprisingly little about the lives of African American children, particularly those affected by northern emancipation. But hidden in institutional records, school primers and penmanship books, biographical sketches, and unpublished documents is a rich archive that reveals the social and affective worlds of northern Black children. Drawing evidence from the urban centers of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, Crystal Webster's innovative research yields a powerful new history of African American childhood before the Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.