McKissack, Pat, 1944-

A picture of Freedom : the diary of Clotee, a slave girl / by Patricia C. McKissack. - New York : Scholastic, c1997. - 192 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm. - Dear America .

In 1859 twelve-year-old Clotee, a house slave who must conceal the fact that she can read and write, records in her diary her experiences and her struggle to decide whether to escape to freedom.

ISBN: 0590259881

LCCN: 96025673 /AC

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Slavery--Fiction.
Underground railroad--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Literacy--Fiction.
Diaries--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.M478693 / Pi 1997

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]