An edition of Christmas in the big house, Christmas in the quarters (1994)
Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
By Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack
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Publish Date
1999
Publisher
Scholastic
Language
eng
Pages
80
Description:
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.
subjects: History, Juvenile literature, Social life and customs, Slaves, Christmas, Plantation life, Social conditions, Slavery, Coretta Scott King Award, Manners and customs, New York Times reviewed, Children's fiction, Christmas, fiction, Slavery, fiction, Virginia, fiction, African americans, fiction
Places: Southern States
Times: 19th century, 1775-1865