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Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

Freedom in Congo Square - First edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

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.

ISBN: 9781499801033 (hardcover) 1499801033 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2015039042

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Stories in rhyme.
Slavery--Fiction.
African Americans--History--Fiction.
African Americans--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Social life and customs--Louisiana--New Orleans--Juvenile literature.
Picture books.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Congo Square (New Orleans, La.)--Fiction.
Congo Square (New Orleans, La.)--History--Juvenile literature.
New Orleans (La.)--History--Juvenile literature.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Stories in rhyme
History.
Juvenile works.
Stories in rhyme.

LC Class. No.: PZ8.3.W374 / Fre 2016

Dewey Class. No.: [E]