Freedom's gifts
Subtitle: a Juneteenth story
By: by Valerie Wesley ; illustrated by Sharon Wilson.
Contributors: Wilson, Sharon, 1954- ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: African Americans -- Fiction.; Slavery -- Texas -- Fiction.; Juneteenth -- Fiction.; Cousins -- Fiction.; Texas -- Fiction.
Description: When a girl from New York visits her cousin in Texas, she learns the origin of Juneteenth, a holiday marking the day Texan slaves realized they were free.