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Read about the importance of cotton in America's history and learn about the lives of people who picked it and worked with it.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hopkinson, Deborah
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scholastic Nonfiction, ©2006.
Subjects:
Cotton picking > Social aspects > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
Cotton growing > Social aspects > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
Cotton trade > Social aspects > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
Enslaved persons > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Cotton farmers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Slavery > United States > Juvenile literature.
Enslaved persons.
Cotton picking.
Cotton growing.
Cotton trade.
Enslaved persons > Biography.
Slavery.
Enslaved Persons
Enslavement
Coton > Récolte > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Coton > Culture > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Esclaves > États-Unis > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Producteurs de coton > États-Unis > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Esclaves.
enslaved people.
Cotton picking > Social aspects > United States > Juvenile literature.
Cotton growing > Social aspects > United States > Juvenile literature.
Cotton trade > Social aspects > United States > Juvenile literature.
Slaves > United States > Biography.
Cotton farmers > United States > Biography.
Slaves > Biography.
Cotton farmers
Cotton growing > Social aspects
Slavery
Enslaved persons
United States
Baumwollanbau
Baumwollhandel
Baumwollindustrie
USA > Südstaaten
Slaves.
Textile workers.
Farmers.
Cotton > History.
Cotton.
Working class > Biography.
Geschichte.
Local author.
Biography
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Juvenile works
Biographies.
Description
Summary:Read about the importance of cotton in America's history and learn about the lives of people who picked it and worked with it.
Physical Description:120 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Awards:xAmerican Library Association Best Books for YA, 2007 ; Carter G. Woodson Honors, 2007 ; Phoenix Award, 2026 ; American Library Association Notable Children's Bk, 2007 ; School Library Journal Best Books, 2006
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-114) and index.
ISBN:0439639018
9780439639019
1415655901
9781415655900