Ellen's broom
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Ellen has always known that the broom hanging on her family's cabin wall is a special symbol of her parents' wedding during slave days, so she proudly carries it to the courthouse when the marriage becomes legal.
JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 19th CenturySlaveryFictionJUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African AmericanBrooms and brushesMarriageAfrican AmericansReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)Juvenile fictionAfrican American familiesMarriage customs and rites