Levine, Ellen,

Henry's freedom box /by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson. - first edition. - New York : Scholastic Press, (c)2007. - 40. pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.



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.

9780439777339

2006009487


Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Underground Railroad--Juvenile fiction.
Slavery--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Underground Railroad--Fiction.

PZ23 / .H467 2007 PZ23