Title: Christmas in the big house, Christmas in the quarters
First published: 1994
Description: Describes the customs, recipes, poems, and songs used to celebrate Christmas in the big plantation houses and in the slave quarters just before the Civil War.
Subjects: History, Juvenile literature, Social life and customs, Slaves, Christmas, Plantation life, Social conditions, Slavery, Coretta Scott King Award, Manners and customs, New York Times reviewed, Children's fiction, Christmas, fiction, Slavery, fiction, Virginia, fiction, African americans, fiction
Places: Southern States
Time periods: 19th century, 1775-1865
LC classification: F213 .M36 1994