Dear America A Picture of Freedom
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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.
Underground railroadJuvenile fictionSlaveryDear America seriesCivil War, 1861-1865HistoryDiariesLiteracyAfrican AmericansFictionChildren's fictionUnderground railroad, fiction