McKissack, Patricia C. <br/><br/>
Christmas in the big house, Christmas in the quarters / 
by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack ; ill. by John Thompson. 
 - New York :  Scholastic,  1994. 
 - 68 p. :  col. ill. ;  29 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> A 
<br/><br/> Describes the customs, recipes, poems, and songs used to celebrate Christmas in the big plantation houses and in the slave quarters just before the Civil War. 
<br/><br/> 4-8. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0590430270 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>92033831 /AC 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Plantation life--History--Juvenile literature.--Southern States--19th century<br/>Christmas--History--Juvenile literature.--Southern States--19th century<br/>Slaves--Social conditions--Juvenile literature.--Southern States<br/>Plantation life--History.<br/>Christmas--History.--Southern States<br/>African Americans--Social life and customs.<br/>Slavery--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Southern States--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.--1775-1865<br/>Southern States--Social life and customs.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F213  / .M36 1994 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>975/.03