Slaves would have their babies and as soon as the mothers leavet their babies unattendedand slave hunters would snatch their babies up. Infants and toddlers were mostlty used to use as bait. The babies were concsidered Pickaninnies. Slave babies were being killed and
To catch alligators for their skins. Some babies were skinned and tied up and dropped in the swamp.
All this took place mostly in Louisiana and Florida. When the babies were placed int eh