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Author:

Levine, Ellen.

Title:

Henry's freedom box / by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson.

Publisher:

Scholastic,

Copyright Date:

2008, c2007

Description:

[40] p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Brown, Henry Box,--1816---Juvenile fiction.
Slavery--Southern States--Juvenile fiction.
Slaves--Southern States--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Underground Railroad--Juvenile fiction.
Brown, Henry Box,--b. 1816--Fiction.
Slavery--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Underground Railroad--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Nelson, Kadir, ill.

Notes:

"This edition is available for distribution only through the school market"--Cover verso. Includes bibliographical references (colophon).

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

9780545057400 (pbk.)
054505740X (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)220862118

Locations:

GSPC501 -- Colfax Public Library (Colfax)

REPC017 -- Greenfield Public Library (Greenfield)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)