{"product_id":"freedom-in-congo-square-hardcover","title":"Freedom in Congo Square - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarole Boston Weatherford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eR. Gregory Christie\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of a Caldecott Honor and a\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2016: Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStarred reviews from \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis poetic, nonfiction story about a little-known piece of African American history captures a human's capacity to find hope and joy in difficult circumstances and demonstrates how New Orleans' Congo Square was truly freedom's heart.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMondays, there were hogs to slop, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003emules to train, and logs to chop.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlavery was no ways fair.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSix more days to Congo Square.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs slaves relentlessly toiled in an unjust system in 19th century Louisiana, they all counted down the days until Sunday, when at least for half a day they were briefly able to congregate in Congo Square in New Orleans. Here they were free to set up an open market, sing, dance, and play music. They were free to forget their cares, their struggles, and their oppression. This story chronicles slaves' duties each day, from chopping logs on Mondays to baking bread on Wednesdays to plucking hens on Saturday, and builds to the freedom of Sundays and the special experience of an afternoon spent in Congo Square. This book includes a forward from Freddi Williams Evans (freddievans.com), a historian and Congo Square expert, as well as a glossary of terms with pronunciations and definitions.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarole Boston Weatherford (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCarole Boston Weatherford\u003c\/b\u003e has written many award-winning books for children, including Coretta Scott King winner \u003ci\u003eRESPECT: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul\u003c\/i\u003e; Newbery Honor winner \u003ci\u003eBOX: Henry Box Brown Mails Himself to Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e; Caldecott Honor winners \u003ci\u003eFreedom in Congo Square\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eVoice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eMoses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as Golden Kite Award winners \u003ci\u003eDear Mr. Rosenwald\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSchomburg: The Man Who Built a Library; \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Roots of Rap\u003c\/i\u003e. 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