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Wilma King’s study brings to light the hidden history of child slavery in the nineteenth‑century South. Drawing on government records and unpublished archival materials, she documents how thousands of young enslaved people were compelled into early labor, subjected to arbitrary authority and punishment, and often torn from their families. The work illuminates the experiences of these children within enslaved families and the broader slave community, adding a critical perspective to the history of slavery in the United States.
First publish date: 1995
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Wilma King
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