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Author

Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- author.

Title Freedom in Congo Square / by Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.

Publication Info.

New York, New York : Little Bee Books, [2016]

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	813.54 W378f, 2016	---	Axe Inventory 2024
Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Picture Book	PICT Weatherford	---	Available

1 copy being processed for Axe Acquisitions Order.

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.
	Slavery -- Fiction.
	African Americans -- Fiction.
	Congo Square (New Orleans, La.) -- Fiction.
Added Author	Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- illustrator.
ISBN	9781499801033 (lib. bdg.)
	1499801033 (lib. bdg.)