Henry's freedom box (2007)
40 pages 4.4/5 Goodreads
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.
Author: Ellen Levine, Ellen Levine, Kadir Nelson
ISBN: 9780439777339
Content Warnings
Identity & Discrimination
Racial slurs / racism (depicted)
Violence & Physical Harm
Slavery / forced labor
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