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Born in Bondage: Growing Up Enslaved in the Antebellum South
by Marie Jenkins Schwartz
Title: Born in Bondage: Growing Up Enslaved in the Antebellum South
by Marie Jenkins Schwartz
Category: History
Details: Words: 906 | Pages: 3.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Born in Bondage: Growing Up Enslaved in the Antebellum South
by Marie Jenkins Schwartz
Born in Bondage
Children in the Antebellum South were very important to both the slave families and the owners of these slave families. Many things were vital in the raising of a slave child and the parents did their best to fulfill these duties. One of these duties was Nurturing. Every child needs attention and love in order to grow up healthy and this was one thing that slave parents tried to supply their children …showed first 75 words of 906 total…
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The children in bondage were affected with physical and mental scars due to slavery but their parents did their best by giving them what ever they had to give. The masters may have rarely given material gifts to children and new mothers but they did not and could not give the constant gift of love and compassion that the slave communities provided for each other.
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