Ellen's broom
By: Kelly Starling Lyons ; illustrated by Daniel Minter
Contributors: Minter, Daniel, ill
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780399250033
Subjects: JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 19th Century; Slavery; Fiction; JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American; Brooms and brushes; Marriage; African Americans; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Description: Ellen has always known that the broom hanging on her family's cabin wall is a special symbol of her parents' wedding during slave days, so she proudly carries it to the courthouse when the marriage becomes legal.