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  2. Children of the plantation - Wikipedia

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    Alex Haley's Queen: The Story of an American Family (1993) is a historical novel, later a movie, that brought knowledge of the "children of the plantation" to public attention. Edward Ball's Slaves in the Family (1998), written by a White descendant of slave owners, describes this complex legacy.

  3. Child slavery - Wikipedia

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    This was the case with, for example, thralls and American slaves. In other cases, children were enslaved as if they were adults. Usually, the mother's status determined if the child was a slave, but some local laws varied the decision to the father. In many cultures, slaves could earn their freedom through hard work and buying their own freedom.

  4. Timeline of African-American history - Wikipedia

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    1526. The first African slaves in what would become the present day United States of America arrived on August 9, 1526, in Winyah Bay, South Carolina.Spanish explorer Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón led around six hundred settlers, including an unknown number of African slaves there, in an attempt to start a colony.

  5. Class trip to the birthplace of American slavery shows how ...

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    That is a reason why Allison, a veteran African American history teacher at Granby High, last month took his students to this historic site, parts of which former President Barack Obama declared a ...

  6. African-American folktales - Wikipedia

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    When confronted with the harsh reality of slavery, African-American folktales served as a method to cope with the situation and document their history of slavery in America. [23] An example of a work that conveys the African-American slave experience in America is ‘‘The Conjure Woman’’.

  7. Education during the slave period in the United States

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    In 1833, Alabama enacted a law that fined anyone who undertook a slave's education between $250 and $550; the law also prohibited any assembly of African Americansslave or free—unless five slave owners were present or an African-American preacher had previously been licensed by an approved denomination.

  8. Slavery in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Cyane seized four American slave ships in her first year on station. Trenchard developed a good level of co-operation with the Royal Navy. Four additional U.S. warships were sent to the African coast in 1820 and 1821. A total of 11 American slave ships were taken by the U.S. Navy over this period. Then American enforcement activity reduced.

  9. William Tucker (Virginia colony) - Wikipedia

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    His parents were Isabell and Anthony, African indentured servants. [2] [4] When he was born, there were 22 Africans in the colony, most of whom arrived in 1619. [2] His parents were servants to Mary and Captain William Tucker, who was an envoy to the Pamunkey Native Americans for the colony.