Freedom's gifts : a Juneteenth story /

Wesley, Valerie Wilson.

Freedom's gifts : a Juneteenth story / by Valerie Wesley ; illustrated by Sharon Wilson. - 1st ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1997. - [32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

When a girl from New York visits her cousin in Texas, she learns the origin of Juneteenth, a holiday marking the day Texan slaves realized they were free.

0689802692

96024614 /AC


Afro-Americans--Social life and customs--Juvenile fiction.
Cousins--Juvenile fiction.
Juneteenth--Juvenile fiction.
Slavery--Juvenile fiction.--Texas


Texas--Social life and customs--Juvenile fiction.

PZ7.W515 / Fr 1997

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