A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859 (Dear America)

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by Patricia C. McKissack

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Answered Questions (2)

is there any profane language used in this book?

Abigail There isn’t; I checked.. :)

A Picture of Freedom Slavery. Black. White. Reading. Writing. Freedom, can that actually happen? The book A Picture of Freedom was that and more! It was about a twelve-year-old name Clotee, who was a slave. She lived on a plantation in the 1950’s. The book was written by Patricia Mckissack. It was written in the form of a dairy. Clotee wrote in the diary as

Mckenna I honestly think that that could happen

Unanswered Questions (3)

whats the overall mood that the author wants us to feel while reading the story?

is there any way I can read the epilogue from here without buying or renting the book?

What are the most important parts of the book?????

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