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Henry's freedom box

by Ellen Levine, Ellen Levine, Kadir Nelson

Cover of Henry's freedom box
Popularity 144

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.

Children's fictionSlavery, fictionAfrican americans, fictionUnderground railroad, fictionJuvenile fictionSlaveryAfrican AmericansUnderground RailroadFictioncollectionID:caldecotthonor00