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Maritcha : a nineteenth-century American girl
- Title
- Maritcha : a nineteenth-century American girl / Tonya Bolden.
- Author
- Bolden, Tonya.
- Publication
- New York : Harry N. Abrams, c2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc+ F 04-882 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc+ F 04-882 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
| Text | Request in advance | J B Lyons B | Offsite |
Details
- Description
- 47 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 26 x 27 cm.
- Summary
- Based on an actual memoir written by Maritcha Remond Lyons, who was born and raised in New York City, this poignant story tells what it was like to be a black child born free during the days of slavery. Everyday experiences are interspersed with hight-point moments, such as visiting the U.S.'s first world's fair. Also included are the Draft Riots of 1863, when Maritcha and her siblings fled to Brooklyn while her parents stayed behind to protect their home. The book concludes with her fight to attend a whites-only high school in Providence, Rhode Island, and her triumphant victory, making her the first black person in its graduating class. The book includes photographs of Maritcha, her family, and friends, as well as archival and contemporary maps, photographs, and illustrations.
- Subjects
- Lyons, Maritcha Rémond, 1848-1929 > Juvenile literature
- New York (State) > Race relations > Juvenile literature
- African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs > 19th century > Juvenile literature
- New York (State) > Social life and customs > 19th century > Juvenile literature
- African American girls > New York (State) > New York > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Free African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Biography > Juvenile literature
- New York (State) > Social conditions > 19th century > Juvenile literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 46).
- Call Number
- Sc+ F 04-882
- ISBN
- 0810950456
- 9780810950450
- LCCN
- 2004005849
- OCLC
- 54816980
- Author
- Bolden, Tonya.
- Title
- Maritcha : a nineteenth-century American girl / Tonya Bolden.
- Imprint
- New York : Harry N. Abrams, c2005.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 46).
- Research Call Number
- Sc+ F 04-882J B LYONS B