Title: Ellen's broom
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.
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), Juvenile fiction, African American families, Marriage customs and rites, Slaves, Liberty, Children's fiction, Marriage, fiction, Slavery, fiction, African americans, fiction, Reconstruction (u.s. history, 1865-1877), fiction