A slave family

Title
A slave family

Personal Author EPSB
Bobbie, Kalman

Summary
Introduces the personal relationships and daily activities that were part of the family life of slaves in colonial America.

Year Published
2003

Series
The colonial people series

Physical Description
32 p. : col. ill.

Contents
Slave families -- What is slavery? -- Slavery in the colonies -- Sharing the load -- Marriage and children -- Childhood -- Education for slaves -- Field hands -- House servants -- Trade workers -- Culture from Africa -- Highs and lows -- Freedom -- Quasheba's story.
 
Quasheba's family -- Slavery in the colonies -- Slave families -- Marriage and children -- Helping one another -- The lives of slave children -- The education of slaves -- Field hands -- House servants -- Tradespeople -- Culture from Africa -- The cost of freedom.

Subject
Slaves -- United States
 
Plantation life -- United States -- History.
 
African Americans -- History -- To 1863.
 
Slaves -- Social conditions.
 
Slaves -- Social life and customs.
 
Plantation life.
 
African American families -- History.

Geographic Term
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Added Author
Bishop, Amanda.

Summary
Introduces the personal relationships and daily activities that were part of the family life of slaves in colonial America.

ISBN
9780778707462

Publisher
New York : Crabtree, c2003.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
awâsis wacistonN 973.05 KALTeacher resource30161000077747Literature Studies