01197cam a2200289 4500 390696192 TxAuBib 20190830120000.0 190827t20152005||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781484466506 1484466500 9781419716263 1419716263 TxAuBib Bolden, Tonya. Maritcha : a nineteenth-century American girl / Tonya Bolden. New York, NY : Abrams, 2015. ©2005. 47 p. ; 26 cm. This Coretta Scott King Honor Book provides a much-needed window into a little-documented time in black history. The poignant story, based on the memoir of Maritcha Remond Lyons, shows what it was like to be a black child born free and living in New York City in the mid-1800s. 345 Childrens Plus, Inc. 20190903. Lyons, Maritcha Remond, 1848-1929. African American teachers Biography. African American women civil rights workers Biography. Women authors, Black United States Biography.