EACH TIME a child was born in bondage, the system of slavery began
anew. Although raised by their parents or by surrogates in the
slave community, children were ultimately subject to the rule of
their owners. Following the life cycle of a child from birth
through youth to young adulthood, Marie Jenkins Schwartz explores
the daunting world of slave children, a world governed by the dual
authority of parent and owner, each with conflicting agendas.
Despite the constant threat of separation and the necessity of
submission to the slaveowner, slave families managed to pass on
essential lessons about enduring bondage with dignity. Schwartz
counters the commonly held vision of the paternalistic slaveholder
who determines the life and welfare of his passive chattel, showing
instead how slaves struggled to give their children a sense of self
and belonging that denied the owner complete control.
Born in Bondage provides an unsurpassed look at what it meant to
grow up as a slave in the antebellum South. Schwartz recreates the
experiences of these bound but resilient young people as they
learned to negotiate between acts of submission and selfhood,
between the worlds of commodity and community.
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