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__Questions__ - When did people start kidnapping little boys for slave ships? - Have any mothers tried to get their children back? - Is he the 1st boy kidnapped? __Answers__ I am not sure about all of the answers. I could not find the answer for first question but I think kids' mothers or family tried to find the children. Slave Dancer is Historical Fiction so maybe Jessie is just a imaginary person. But there should be similar character in past. Noriyo Onishi 824

__Questions from Noriyo__ Q1. What was the condition during slavery period? Q2. How many slaves were living during 1800's in United States?

__Answers__ A1. It was bad condition. A2. By the early 1800s, more than 700,000 slaves lived in the southern United States, and by 1860, there were about four million slaves in these states. Noriyo Onishi 824