Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
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Summary |
Six days a week, slaves labor from sunup to sundown and beyond, but on Sunday afternoons, they gather with free blacks at Congo Square outside New Orleans, free from oppression. Includes foreword about Congo Square by Freddi Williams Evans, glossary, and historical notes. |
Awards |
Caldecott Honor Book, 2017. |
Subject |
Stories in rhyme.
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Slavery -- Fiction.
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African Americans -- Fiction.
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Congo Square (New Orleans, La.) -- Fiction.
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Added Author |
Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- illustrator.
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ISBN |
9781499801033 (lib. bdg.) |
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1499801033 (lib. bdg.) |
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