Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

by Ellen Levine

Hardcover, 2007

Status

Available

Publication

Scholastic Press (2007), 40 pages

Library's review

"Nelson’s powerful portraits add a majestic element to Levine’s history-based tale of Henry “Box” Brown, a slave who escaped by having himself mailed to freedom in a crate. Depicted as a solemn boy with an arresting gaze on the cover, Henry displays riveting presence in every successive
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scene, as he grows from child to adult, marries and is impelled to make his escape after seeing his beloved wife and children sold to slaveowners. Related in measured, sonorous prose that makes a perfect match for the art, this is a story of pride and ingenuity that will leave readers profoundly moved, especially those who may have been tantalized by the entry on Brown in Virginia Hamilton’s Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom (1993). (afterword, reading list) (Picture book. 8-10)" www.kirkusreviews.com
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Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2007

ISBN

043977733X / 9780439777339

Barcode

298
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