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Henry's freedom box

Author: Ellen Levine; Kadir Nelson
Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : Primary school : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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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.
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Genre/Form: Juvenile fiction
Fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Levine, Ellen.
Henry's freedom box.
New York : Scholastic Press, c2007
(OCoLC)607907669
Named Person: Henry Box Brown; Henry Box Brown
Material Type: Fiction, Primary school
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Ellen Levine; Kadir Nelson
ISBN: 043977733X 9780439777339 9780545105606 0545105609
OCLC Number: 65207060
Notes: Art techniques used: Layers of pencil, watercolor and oil paint in rich double page layouts.
Awards: A Junior Library Guild selection.
Caldecott Honor, 2008.
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2008.
Description: [40] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Responsibility: by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson.

Abstract:

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.

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