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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.