Elite Egyptian children heard slaves’ capture stories reframed as soothing folk tales

Evidence

Interestingly, the children knew a great deal about the slaves too, but the pasts of the slaves became nursery tales, told to soothe the children: “Our nurses used to tell us stories about how they had been captured, and about what their own countries had been like and the customs of their people, until we grew exhausted and they would tuck us in our beds.” — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 852 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Sudanese slaves’ captive origins were narrated to Egyptian elite children as soothing bedtime tales — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 852; Elite Egyptian households absorbed Sudanese slaves so thoroughly that their origins became bedtime folklore

Related

• Sudanese slaves’ captive origins were narrated to Egyptian elite children as soothing bedtime tales (similarity 0.96)
• Slaves’ captivity histories were retold to Egyptian elite children as soothing bedtime stories. (similarity 0.91)
• Elite Egyptian households absorbed Sudanese slaves so thoroughly that their origins became bedtime folklore (similarity 0.91)
• Educating Sudanese elites’ children in Cairo served as a tool of Egyptian colonial hegemony (similarity 0.88)

Broader Connections

• Sudanese slaves’ captive origins were narrated to Egyptian elite children as soothing bedtime tales #corroborates (0.95) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 852
• Elite Egyptian households absorbed Sudanese slaves so thoroughly that their origins became bedtime folklore #expands (0.85)