Dear America A Picture of Freedom

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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.

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Underground railroadJuvenile fictionSlaveryDear America seriesCivil War, 1861-1865HistoryDiariesLiteracyAfrican AmericansFictionUnderground RailroadChildren's fictionUnderground railroad, fictionSlavery, fictionAfrican americans, history, fictionLiteracy, fictionUnited states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction

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Dear America A Picture of Freedom

Patricia McKissack

About this book

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.