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Title:

The Journey of Henry Box Brown [videorecording (DVD)] / written by Karyn Parsons ; illustrated by Mark Page.

Format:

[videorecording (DVD)] /

Publisher:

Sweet Blackberry LLC,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

1 videodisc (28 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Brown, Henry Box,--b. 1816--Juvenile films.--Juvenile films.
Fugitive slaves--Virginia--Juvenile films.--Juvenile films.
Slavery--Virginia--Juvenile films.--Juvenile films.
African American abolitionists--Juvenile films.--Juvenile films.

Other Authors:

Parsons, Karyn, 1968-
Page, Mark.
Woodard, Alfre, 1953-
Hernandez, Coati Mundi.
Thomas, Darcine Wdowczak.
Alleyne, Roderick.
Sweet Blackberry LLC.

Notes:

Narrated by Alfre Woodard. Mostly iconographic, with minimal animation. Framed with live action scenes of Alfre Woodard reading to schoolchildren, and Coati Mundi leading the children in a musical sequence. Extras include a section on Sweet Blackberry LLC, and another with children defining "freedom."

Summary:

" . . . takes a magical look at the historic true tale of slave Henry Box Brown, a man who mailed himself to freedom in a wooden box from a plantation in Richmond, Virginia to freedom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1848 . . . . With the help of characters including Bird, Horse, Cricket and Cat, Henry avoids being discovered and makes his way to freedom. While on his dangerous and exciting journey, Henry shares what freedom means to him and why slavery is wrong."--Container.

ISBN:

9780977848706
0977848701

OCLC:

(OCoLC)66385825

Locations:

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)