Levine, Ellen.

Henry's freedom box / by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson. - 1st ed. - New York : Scholastic Press, c2007. - [40] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (colophon).

A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia.



A Junior Library Guild selection.

043977733X (reinforced)

Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com

2006009487


Brown, Henry Box, b. 1816 --Juvenile fiction.
Brown, Henry Box, b. 1816.


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Historical fiction.

PZ7.L57833 / Hen 2007

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