Stolen Childhood, Second Edition: Slave Youth in Nineteenth-Century America

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Stolen Childhood Founding Editors Darlene Clark Hine John McCluskey, Jr. David Barry Gaspar Editorial Board Herman L. Bennett Kim D. Butler Judith A. Byfield Leslie A. Schwalm Tracy Sharpley-Whiting Blacks in the Diaspora Indiana University Press Bloomington & Indianapolis Second Edition Slave Youth in Nineteenth-Century America Wilma King Stolen Childhood This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, Indiana 47404-3797 USA iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu First edition published 1995© 2011 by Wilma King All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Catalogingin -Publication Data King, Wilma, [date]Stolen childhood : slave youth in nineteenth-century America / Wilma King. — 2nd ed. p. cm. — (Blacks in the diaspora) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-253-35562-1 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-253-22264-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Slavery—United States—History—19th century. 2. Child slaves—United States—History—19th century. 3. African American families— History—19th century. 4. Slaves— Emancipation—United States. 5. United States—History—19th century. I. Title. E441.K59 2011 306.3’62083—dc22 2010043634 1 2 3 4 5 16 15 14 13 12 11 To the memory of my father and for his children, and their children and their children, and . . . The slave population, as you remark, “has had vast influence on the past, and may affect the future destinies of America, to an extent which human wisdom can neither foresee nor control.” Timothy Pickering to the Honorable John Marshall, January 17, 1826  ...