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.



054505740X 9780545057400


Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816- --Juvenile fiction.


Slavery
African Americans
Underground Railroad

PZ7.L57833

Fic. L6654h 2007