Children in Colonial AmericaThe Pilgrims and Puritans did not arrive on the shores of New England alone. Nor did African men and women, brought to the Americas as slaves. Though it would be hard to tell from the historical record, European colonists and African slaves had children, as did the indigenous families whom they encountered, and those children's life experiences enrich and complicate our understanding of colonial America. |
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... offspring of slaves in the Caribbean. All of these geographical contexts shaped the life experiences of the children and the adults whose lives are being explored in this volume. The range of issues investigated is equally impressive ...
... offspring . Here you are , my little daughter , my precious necklace , my precious quetzal feather , my human creation , born of me . You are my blood , my color , in you is my image . Now grasp , listen , you live , you were born ...
... offspring at an early age, often of intestinal or respiratory infections. Even the noble families of European descent in New Spain lost many of their children.21 In times of epidemics, families of deceased infants were not required to ...
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Contents
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Enslaved Children | |
DOCUMENTS | |
Family and Society | |
Children Violence and the Courts in New Amsterdam | |
Growing | |
DOCUMENTS | |
Massachusetts | |
The Fragility | |
Anne Bradstreet | |
Girlhood in the French Gulf South and the British MidAtlantic | |
Educating Youth | |
Politicizing Youth | |
Questions | |
Bell | |