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The Young Slave

The Young Slave is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.



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Pickaninny

In the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Littlest Rebel the word “pickaninny” is used to describe the young slave children who are friends to Virgie, but excluded from her birthday party at the beginning of the film.