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Forever Free: the story of the Emancipation Proclamation

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division

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The Black Experience in Children's Books

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Title
Forever Free: the story of the Emancipation Proclamation
Names
Sterling, Dorothy, 1913-2008 (Author)
Crichlow, Ernest, 1914-2005 (Illustrator)
Collection

The Black Experience in Children's Books: Selections from Augusta Baker's Bibliographies

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1963
Place: Garden City, N.Y
Publisher: Doubleday
Edition: [1st ed.]
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 973.7-S (Sterling, D. Forever free)
Topics
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln) -- Emancipation Proclamation
Slavery -- United States
Antislavery movements -- United States
Genres
Books
Children's literature
Illustrations
Physical Description
Extent: 208 p. illus. 22 cm.
Type of Resource
Text
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
Library of Congress Control Number: 63007691 /L/AC/r873
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR3872611-B
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11735147
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2cdad020-7cfc-0134-06cb-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1913: Creator Born
  • 1963: Issued
  • 2008: Creator Died
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Forever Free" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1963. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f7c6cfd0-0b5d-0135-d609-0fe6ec1081ae

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Forever Free" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f7c6cfd0-0b5d-0135-d609-0fe6ec1081ae

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1963). Forever Free Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f7c6cfd0-0b5d-0135-d609-0fe6ec1081ae

Wikipedia Citation

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