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"Just to Say, 'I Am Free'".

• Authors : Zahniser, J. D.

Subjects: FREEMAN, Elizabeth, 1744?-1829; ENSLAVED women; LIBERTY

• Source: American History. Aug2021, Vol. 56 Issue 3, p60-65. 6p. 7 Cartoon or Caricatures.

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THE LEGACY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MIDWIFERY: AN INTERVIEW WITH BENNIE MAE FORTUNE HARPER.

• Authors : Osborne, Mamie

Subjects: Harper, Bennie Mae Fortune; African American midwives; Mothers

• Source: Valley Voices: A Literary Review. Spring2020, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p119-123. 5p.

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Safe in a midwife's hands : birthing traditions from Africa to the American South.

• Authors : Holmes, Linda Janet, 1949-, author

Subjects: Birth customs -- Africa; Birth customs -- Southern States; Midwives -- Africa -- InterviewsAfrica; Southern States

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Biddy Mason speaks up.

• Authors : White, Arisa, author; Atkins, Laura, author; ...

Subjects: Enslaved women -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureMason, Biddy, 1818-1891 -- Juvenile literature

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Nothing to Work With but Cleanliness: The Training of African American Traditional Midwives in the South.

• Authors : Morrison, Sheena M.; Fee, Elizabeth

Subjects: AFRICAN American midwives; MIDWIVES; HISTORY of public healthUNITED States

• Source: American Journal of Public Health. Feb2010, Vol. 100 Issue 2, p238-239. 2p. 2 Black and White Photographs.

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Things past telling : a novel.

• Authors : Williams, Sheila (Sheila J.), author

Subjects: Slavery -- Fiction; African American women -- Fiction; African American midwives -- Fiction

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REFLECTIONS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN MIDWIFERY: AN INTERVIEW WITH ELSIE PITTMAN WALKER.

• Authors : Osborne, Mamie

Subjects: Walker, Elsie Pittman; Elementary school teachers; African American midwives

• Source: Valley Voices: A Literary Review. Fall2016, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p59-67. 9p.

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The persecution and prosecution of granny midwives in South Carolina, 1900-1940.

• Authors : Bonaparte, Alicia D.

Subjects: Midwives -- South Carolina -- Social conditions -- 20th century; African American midwives -- South Carolina -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Midwifery -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century

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Downplaying Difference: Historical Accounts of African American Midwives and Contemporary Struggles for Midwifery.

• Authors : Craven, Christa; Glatzel, Mara

Subjects: AFRICAN American midwives; MIDWIVES; MEMOIRSUNITED States

• Source: Feminist Studies. Summer2010, Vol. 36 Issue 2, p330-358. 29p.

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Expelling frogs and binding babies: conception, gestation and birth in nineteenth-century African-American midwifery.

• Authors : Wilkie, LaurieA. (AUTHOR)

Subjects: AFRICAN American midwives; AFRICAN American folklore; CHILDBIRTHALABAMA

• Source: World Archaeology. Jun2013, Vol. 45 Issue 2, p272-284. 13p. 1 Illustration.

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