TITLE: |
Henry's freedom box / by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson. |
AUTHOR: |
Levine, Ellen. |
PUBLISHED: |
New York : Scholastic Press, c2007. |
DESCRIPTION: |
[40] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. |
EDITION: |
1st ed. |
NOTES: |
A Junior Library Guild selection. |
NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references (colophon). |
NOTES: |
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. |
SUBJECT: |
Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816---Juvenile fiction. |
SUBJECT: |
Slavery--Juvenile fiction. |
SUBJECT: |
African Americans--Juvenile fiction. |
SUBJECT: |
Underground Railroad--Juvenile fiction. |
SUBJECT: |
Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816---Fiction. |
SUBJECT: |
Slavery--Fiction. |
SUBJECT: |
African Americans--Fiction. |
SUBJECT: |
Underground Railroad--Fiction. |
ADDED ENTRY: |
Nelson, Kadir, ill. |