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Title Stitch by stitch : Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly sews her way to freedom / by Connie Schofield-Morrison ; illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon.
Author Schofield-Morrison, Connie, author.
Publication Info. New York : Holiday House, [2021]
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Location Call No. Status
 Alafaya  J B KECKLY    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J B KECKLY    Check Shelves
 South Creek  J B KECKLY    Check Shelves
 West Oaks  J B KECKLY    Check Shelves
Edition First edition.
Description 45 pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm
text txt rdacontent
still image sti rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 45).
Summary "A talented seamstress, born enslaved in 1818, bought freedom for herself and her son."-- Provided by publisher.
Audience Ages 7-10 Holiday House.
Grades 2-3 Holiday House.
Subject Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907 -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women slaves -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Dressmakers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882 -- Relations with African Americans -- Juvenile literature.
Slaves -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Freed persons -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American businesspeople -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907.
African American women -- Biography.
Women slaves -- United States -- Biography.
Dressmakers -- United States -- Biography.
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882 -- Relations with African Americans.
Slaves -- United States -- Biography.
Freedmen -- United States -- Biography.
African American businesspeople -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
African American women -- Juvenile literature.
Women slaves -- Juvenile literature.
Dressmakers -- Juvenile literature.
Slaves -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography.
Women slaves -- Biography.
Dressmakers -- Biography.
Slaves -- Biography.
Genre Biographies.
Biographies.
Picture books.
Added Author Zunon, Elizabeth, illustrator.
Added Title Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly sews her way to freedom
ISBN 9780823439638 (hardcover) : $18.99
0823439631 (hardcover)
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