Freedom's Story: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl - Powerful Historical Narrative for Black History Education & Classroom Discussions

Freedom is one of the first words I teached myself to write. Down in the Quarters people pray for freedom they sing bout freedom, but to keep Ma's Henley from knowin their true feelings, they call freedom heaven. Everybody's mind is on freedom.

 But it is a word that aine never showed me no picture. While fannin' this afternoon, my eyes fell on "freedom" in a book William was readin."No wonder I don't see nothin". I been spellin" it freedum. I put the letters right in my head to make sure I remembered their place. Freedom. I just now wrote it. Still no picture . . .

Age - 8+

Grade - 3rd+

Author - Patricia C. McKissack

Publisher - Scholastic

Format - Paperback

Pages - 225

Dimensions - 19.02 x 13.02 x 1.02 cm