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McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017.
Subjects
Plantation life -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Christmas -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Slaves -- Southern States -- Social conditions.
Slaves -- Social life and customs.
Blacks.
Coretta Scott King Award.
Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1865
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McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017.
Plantation life -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Christmas -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Slaves -- Southern States -- Social conditions.
Slaves -- Social life and customs.
Blacks.
Coretta Scott King Award.
Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1865
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Christmas
in the big house,
Christmas
in the quarters / by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack ; illustrated by John Thompson.
by
McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017.
Scholastic, c1994.
Call #:
975.03 M158c
Subjects
Plantation life
--
Southern
States
--
History
--
19th
century
.
Christmas
--
Southern
States
--
History
--
19th
century
.
Slaves
--
Southern
States
--
Social conditions.
Slaves
--
Social life and customs.
Blacks.
Coretta Scott King Award.
Southern
States
--
Social life and customs
--
1775-1865
ISBN:
0590430270
Description:
68 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes:
Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for authors, 1995.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-68).
Summary:
Describes the customs, recipes, poems, and songs used to celebrate
Christmas
in the big plantation houses and in the slave quarters just before the Civil War.
Other authors:
McKissack, Fredrick.
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Halifax North Memorial Public Library
Children's Black Nonfiction
975.03 M158c
Childrens Books
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