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Henry's freedom box

by Ellen Levine, Kadir Nelson

Children's fictionSlavery, fictionAfrican americans, fictionUnderground railroad, fictionJuvenile fictionSlaveryAfrican AmericansUnderground Railroad

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.

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For young readers

Book data: Open Library