Henry's freedom box /

Levine, Ellen.

Henry's freedom box / by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson. - 1st ed. - New York : Scholastic Press, c2007. - 1 v. (unpaged) : 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) 9780439777339 (reinforced)

2006009487


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