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Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl

By Tonya Bolden
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By Tonya Bolden
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Discover the remarkable story of a free Black girl born during the days of slavery in Tonya Bolden’s Coretta Scott King Honor Award–winning picture book, Maritcha.

“To do the best for myself with the view of making the best of myself,” wrote Maritcha Rémond Lyons (1848–1929) about her childhood.

Based on an unpublished memoir written by Lyons, who was born and raised in New York City, this poignant story tells what it was like to be a Black child born free during the days of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. Eve...

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