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History: Children in History
 Young
people were involved in all the crucial episodes of American history:
They sailed with Columbus; served as go-betweens for English colonists
and Indians; toiled as indentured servants; were kidnapped into
slavery; fought in the Revolution and the Civil War; labored in
coal mines and factories; and stood at the forefront of the Civil
Rights movement. Many young people recorded their experiences
in diaries, personal letters, and memoirs.
The lives of the young provide a valuable window
into many of the most important themes in American history, including
colonization, slavery, westward expansion, industrialization,
urbanization, immigration, the growth of government, and the impact
of war on American society.
Their
lives also provide insight into other topics that are too often
ignored, such as the experience of indentured servitude and apprenticeship,
schooling in the past, the growth of age consciousness in American
society, and the emergence of distinct youth cultures.
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