McKissack, Patricia C.,  1944-2017. <br/><br/>
A picture of freedom :   the diary of Clotee, a slave girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859 
by Patricia C. McKissack. 
 - first edition. 
 - New York :  Scholastic,  ©1997. 
 - 192 p. :  ill., maps ;  20 cm. 
 - Dear America .
 - Dear America. .
<br/><br/>  Fictional diary of a slave girl set in 1859 Virginia. 
<br/><br/> In 1859, twelve-year-old Clotee, a house slave who must conceal the fact that she can read and write, records in her diary her experiences and her struggle to decide whether to escape to freedom. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0590259881 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>9625673 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Slavery --United States--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Diaries-- fiction.<br/>Underground Railroad-- fiction.<br/>Afro-Americans-- fiction.<br/>Literacy--Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Historical fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ 7 .M47 1997  /  .M47 1997 
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