Freedom in Congo Square
by Carole Boston Weatherford, R. Gregory Christie, J.D. Jackson
Social life and customsHistoryJuvenile literatureAfrican AmericansChildren's fictionStories in rhymeSlavery, fictionAfrican americans, fiction
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.
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Book data: Open Library