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Levine, Ellen.

Henry's freedom box / by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson. - 1st ed. - New York : Scholastic Press, 2007. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (colophon).

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.

AD 380 Lexile.



ISBN: 043977733X 9780439777339

LCCN: 2006009487

Subjects--Personal Names:
Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816- --Juvenile fiction.
Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816- --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Slavery--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Underground Railroad--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Picture books.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.L57833 / Hen 2007

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]