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Historians of early American have long been aware of the practice of binding out children. This conference places bound children on center stage. It focuses on the widespread and varying practice of binding out poor children in early America, with papers that examine how the system was conducted in
- Quebec
- New England
- the mid-Atlantic
- the Chesapeake
- the Lower South
- New Orleans
- the transappalachian frontier between the mid-1600s and the mid-1800s
Date: November 1, 2002
Registration is free and the conference is open to the public.
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