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Freedom in Congo Square

by Carole Boston Weatherford

Illustrator: R. Gregory Christie

Ages: 6+

Published: 2016

Publisher: Little Bee Books

ISBN: 978-1-4998-0103-3

Keywords: African Americans, Read-Aloud, Slavery, American History, United States-History

Through poetry and paintings, slaves on their Sundays off congregating in New Orleans is movingly depicted. Colorful folkart-style illustrations.