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  Children of the plantation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Children of the plantation" was a euphemism used in the 19th-century United States to identify the offspring of fl slave women by their white owners.
Such children, who were legally slaves, were seldom acknowledged by their white fathers.
Alex Haley's Queen is a partly factual historical novel, now made into a movie, which has helped to bring knowledge of the "children of the plantation" to public attention in recent years.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Children_of_the_Plantation   (105 words)

  
 Children
Children of Albion: Poetry of the Underground in Britain Children of Albion: Poetry of the Underground in Britain, an a...
Children of Bodom Children of Bodom is a Lake Bodom in Finland.
Children of Paradise Les Enfants du Paradis (known as Children of Paradise in its English release) is a 1828.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/children.html   (1867 words)

  
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The youngest enslaved children on the plantation were not forced to work.
All children love toys--and these children were clever and resourceful at making their playthings from materials found on the plantation.
This doll, fashioned from a gourd and some cloth, is the kind that might have been made by children on a plantation.
www.hfmgv.org /education/smartfun/hermitage/house/toys.html   (92 words)

  
 Tamil Schools: The Cinderella of Malaysian Eduation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
children of the plantation poor, schooled in the neighbourhood Tamil school, have not been able to use the school as an avenue of educational and social mobility.
A quantitative estimate of children in the school system for the year 1998, showed some 15,000 Indian children in the age range of 6 to 11 were not enrolled in the school system.
This led to large scale migration of plantation labour to urban areas, causing an acute drop in the enrolment in the Tamil schools in the plantations.
www.aliran.com /monthly/2002/5f.html   (1714 words)

  
 Half-caste - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Both terms are considered impolite and potentially offensive by some, as the words have been used pejoratively in the past to ostracize and isolate the offspring of such unions.
For example, "children of the plantation" (the children of African-American slaves and their European-American masters in the U.S. Southern states) were not accepted as heirs, and in most cases, the relationship was never acknowledged, and "half-caste" conveyed the deliberate exclusion.
The term was commonly used in Australia to describe children of mixed Australian Aboriginal and European descent, as were the terms quarter-caste and quadroon in the 19th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Half-caste   (198 words)

  
 Uncle Remus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Uncle Remus is the purported narrator, and the setting is that of an old Negro slave telling folk tales to white children.
The style of story is the (A mischevous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts) trickster tale and may well have roots in (An area of western African between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea) West Africa.
The title "Uncle" is given by the plantation children to their favorite slave/mentor.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/un/uncle_remus.htm   (635 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Blessed Virgin Mary
Athanasius twice [9] combines Aquila's version "God has created a new thing in woman" with that of the Septuagint, saying that the new plantation is Jesus Christ, and that the new thing created in woman is the body of the Lord, conceived within the virgin without the co-operation of man. St.
According to Exodus 13:2 and 13:12, all the Hebrew first-born male children had to be presented in the Temple.
The same must be said of the expression, "and he knew her not till she brought forth her firstborn son" (Matthew 1:25); the Evangelist tells us what did not happen before the birth of Jesus, without suggesting that it happened after his birth.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15464b.htm   (9330 words)

  
 Florida Heritage Month 2004
To tell the story of Anna Kingsley, of the Kingsley Plantation in Jacksonvile, who at the age of 13 was sold into slavery from her homeland in Senegal, W. Africa; taken to Cuba and bought by Zephaniah Kingsley.
She became his wife and the mother of his children; managed his plantation and was well respected.
Relate to Florida's heritage and culture: Once "Anna" arrived at the Kingsley Plantation, her adult life was spent there...raising her children, managing the Plantation and coping with legal issues of her being Black and her children being mixed.
www.floridaheritagemonth.com /detail.cfm?id=800   (263 words)

  
 Borneo Child Aid Society
Borneo Child Aid Society* is providing education to primarily underprivileged children of plantation workers in Sabah, the North Borneo state of Malaysia.
The teachers make sure that children, who otherwise might be picking fruit in the plantation or just roaming around without any chance of going to school, can have a basic education and a decent childhood.
The aim was to help the children of poor plantation workers to get a basic education and not least proper medical care, as we experienced a high mortality among the children due to malaria and other diseases.
www.borneochildaid.org   (887 words)

  
 Borneo Child Aid Society
The children in our children's houses are mostly children of Indonesian or Philippine parents and they would otherwise have no access to school, which all children according to the UN's Convention on Children's Rights have an unquestionable right to.
The society is aiding Malaysia's obligations towards these children, by running more than 40 children's houses often far inside plantation roads and far from public schools.
The teachers make sure that children, who otherwise would be doing work in the plantation or just roaming around without any chance of going to school, can have a basic education and a decent childhood.
www.borneochildaid.org /indexb.html   (740 words)

  
 Daily Life in 1621   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Wampanoag children learned important stories and lessons from their parents and other elders in the tribe.
Chores for Pilgrim children included gathering firewood, milking goats, picking berries and plants, caring for younger children, fetching water, and helping plant the crops.
Plimoth Plantation also provides a wide variety of teacher resources and in-classroom educational experiences for students throughout the nation.
teacher.scholastic.com /thanksgiving/plimoth/daily.htm   (672 words)

  
 Smithfield Kids and Junior Interpeters Progams at Historic Smithfield located in Blacksburg, Virginia
Children have been an important part of Smithfield since William and Susanna Preston moved to the plantation with seven children in 1774.
The Preston children, their cousins, and the children of the plantation laborers learned at an early age to help with household chores.
As interpreters of these children, participants in the program learn about gardening, cooking, sewing, and other skills that were critical to survival at the edge of the wilderness.
civic.bev.net /smithfield/jrinterpreter.html   (326 words)

  
 J. G. Clinkscales, 1855-1942. On the Old Plantation: Reminiscences of His Childhood.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Stowe wrote was true, and only that, then our children's children must conclude that their fathers were only half-civilized and worthy of all the horrors of the Reconstruction.
On my father's plantation two of his young men were rivals for the hand of a dusky maid: one, Essex, a common laborer who herded with twoscore of his kind, and the other, Griffin, one of my father's teamsters, a crack driver and an acknowledged aristocrat among the negroes.
A thousands pounds of bacon he buried in another section of the plantation in a pine wood thickly carpeted with springy, spongy needles, over which he could roll the barrels (for he had packed it in barrels) without leaving any evidence by which he could be tracked.
docsouth.unc.edu /clinkscales/clinksc.html   (19783 words)

  
 Asphodel Plantation
Asphodel Plantation was established in 1820 by Benjamin and Carolyn Kendrick who had migrated to Louisiana from North Carolina.
Asphodel Plantation's land was obtained by the Kendricks through a Spanish land grant--the original size of the property was nearly 5000 acres.
Asphodel was the most important plantation in East Feliciana parish and rivaled the major plantations in West Feliciana parish.
www.asphodelplantation.com   (960 words)

  
 Bananas get on tables courtesy of child labor / Plantation owner top candidate for Ecuador president
Meanwhile, grim economic realities leave families more than ready to send their boys, and sometimes girls, out to work, even if it means pulling them out of school and placing them in fields or factories where they are exposed to hazardous conditions for little or no pay.
Their work force is almost entirely nonunion, and workers are often deliberately shifted from one payroll to another by growers who set up multiple companies on paper to avoid paying benefits and higher wages.
The main earners among several families said in interviews that they received $6 to $7 a day working on the plantation -- within Ecuador's minimum wage of $128 a month -- but were often expected to work six or seven days a week, failing to earn the overtime pay set by law.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/07/28/MN15031.DTL   (1705 words)

  
 Black History Month 2005 Press Release Text
The presentations celebrate the cultural contributions of the enslaved men, women, and children of the plantation period by connecting aspects of modern culture with their plantation or African roots.
The plantation house is currently closed due to structural problems; however, the kitchen houses a visitor center and interpretive exhibit area.
Kingsley Plantation is located on Fort George Island in Jacksonville, Florida, one-half mile north of the St. Johns River Ferry landing on Heckscher Drive/A1A.
www.nps.gov /timu/indepth/events/events_blkhistory2005_release.htm   (400 words)

  
 Keeping poor children on plantation
By such steps liberals are losing their protracted war against poor children.
It takes a village of vigilant liberals to keep poor children chained on the plantation of public education.
Poor parents are rebellious about their children's assigned role as fodder for one of the Democratic Party's most muscular sources of money, the teachers unions.
www.texnews.com /1998/opinion/will1201.html   (652 words)

  
 Story-4 Patrick Henry Boys & Girls Plantation
It is a good thing to see that the Plantation is still caring for those children who are less fortunate than others.
The Plantation was the only choice my mother had left to save me from that predicament.
The Plantation was, and still is, a great influence in my life.
www.patrickhenry.org /livinghere/story_4.html   (216 words)

  
 Janet's Genealogy
Children of (COLONEL) MADISON and ELEANOR CONWAY are:
Children of (COLONEL) TAYLOR and SARAH STROTHER are:
Children of EDMUND TAYLOR and SARAH STUBBS are:
www.geocities.com /janet_ariciu/Taylor.html   (13126 words)

  
 Community Christian Church - Plantation, Florida - Children's Ministry
Children experience learning about God and His son, Jesus, through crafts, games, songs and videos.
This program is designed to give children an opportunity to learn about God's love and His plan for us and have fun while doing it.
This unique service is designed to teach children the elements of worship and help them grasp the great truths of the Bible.
www.communitycc.com /kidz.htm   (532 words)

  
 Historic Latta Plantation - An Early 19th Century Living History Farm
Historic Latta Plantation was a successful cotton plantation, and is now a living history farm.
Experience the plantation in the magic of twinkling lights and candlelight.
Admission $5 and children 5 and under are admitted free.
www.lattaplantation.org   (343 words)

  
 ThinkQuest : Library : Sugar Plantation Days
The website is about how people of different cultures from around the world came to work and live with each other on a sugar plantation.
The educational objectives of the website are: 1) The students will receive and introduction to the history of the immigration of plantation workers from around the world including Japan, Okinawa, China, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Korea, and the Philippines.
4) The students will be able to list ways that the children of the plantation era created toys by using their imagination and creativity.
www.thinkquest.org /library/site.html?team_id=5635   (299 words)

  
 Colonial America 1600-1775, K12 Resources
Children may be interested in seeing some modern quilts and quilters.
Plimoth Plantation was the first permanent European settlement in
Some consider this to be the greatest early 18th century home in the colonies; York River, VA Virtual Tour of Plimoth Plantation
falcon.jmu.edu /~ramseyil/colonial.htm   (2412 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - James Madison
Madison later inherited his father’s estate, Montpelier, and lived there the rest of his life.
Like most plantation children of colonial times, young James received his earliest schooling at home, probably largely from his grandmother, Mrs.
When he was about 12, he was enrolled in the school of Donald Robertson in King and Queen County.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576510/Madison_James.html   (1172 words)

  
 Historic Latta Plantation - Teacher Resource Guide (New) - Stations
The Plantation Life Program takes the format of three stations (Plantation House, Cook House, Slave Cabin.) Here are some good questions for your students to think about when preparing to come to Historic Latta Plantation.
*What was life like for the children on a plantation?
Supported in part by the Arts and Science Council and the Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation.
www.lattaplantation.org /teachers/stations_new.shtml   (168 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Maum Guinea and her plantation "children;" or, Holiday-week on a Louisiana estate; a slave ...
Find in a Library: Maum Guinea and her plantation "children;" or, Holiday-week on a Louisiana estate; a slave romance.
Maum Guinea and her plantation "children;" or, Holiday-week on a Louisiana estate; a slave romance.
WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/ac7919e4783e49ab.html   (72 words)

  
 Reiki Grand Master Hawayo Takata   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
"Hawayo Takata was born in the Hawaiian Islands, one of several children of a plantation worker.
Then she was asked to work in the main plantation house.
failing health, she took her children and went to her parents' home in Japan "to prepare to die".
www.fortunecity.com /westwood/agnes/1014/aum.htm   (373 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Henry Timrod Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
In 1856 he accepted a post as a teacher at the plantation of Col. William Henry Cannon, in the area that would later become Florence, South Carolina.
The single room school building (still preserved in Timrod Park in Florence) was built to provide for the education of the plantation children.
Among his students was the young lady who would later become his bride, and the object of a number of his poems - the fair Saxon Katie Godwin.
www.ipedia.com /henry_timrod.html   (560 words)

  
 Plantation Pediatric Orthodontists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Plantation Pediatric Orthodontists offer services from Examining and Cleaning Teeth to Invisalign.
We have a dedicated and friendly team ready to help you.
Office Location: 1850 North Nob Hill Road, Plantation, FL 33322
www.drnorena.com   (41 words)

  
 Stratford Hall Plantation, birthplace of Robert E. Lee
Stratford Hall Plantation, birthplace of Robert E. Lee
Stratford Hall and the plantation life of the Lee Family, whose ideals
Copyright © 2002 by Stratford Hall Plantation, all rights reserved
www.stratfordhall.org   (57 words)

  
 TheCapitol.Net > Washington, DC Museums, Memorials and Monuments
Gunston Hall was the plantation home of George Mason (1725-1792), a senior statesman and well-known public figure in Colonial/Revolutionary War America.
Author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, Mason was the first to call for such basic American liberties, freedom of the press, religious tolerance and the right to a trial by jury.
Woodlawn interprets the lives of the Lewis family as well as the numerous African-Americans, both free and enslaved, who lived and worked on this Virginia plantation.
www.thecapitol.net /VisitingDC/dcmuseum.htm   (3158 words)

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