African American Childhoods: Historical Perspectives from Slavery to Civil Rights

by Wilma King

Book Overview

In African American Childhoods, historian Wilma King presents a selection of her essays, both unpublished and published, which together provide a much-needed survey of more than three centuries of African American children's experiences. Organized chronologically, the volume uses the Civil War to divide the book into two parts: part one addresses the enslavement of children in Africa and explores how they lived in antebellum America; part two examines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403962510
• ISBN13: 9781403962515
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"