Henry's Freedom Box

By Ellen Levine

Illustrated by Kadir Nelson

     This book is based upon the true story of Henry Brown, a slave, who eventually found freedom. Henry had always dreamed of being free, but only pursued that dream when his wife and children were sold and leftVirginia. It was then that Henry planned his escape, in a box mailed to abolitionists in Pennsylvania, a free state.

Ellen Levine

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Kadir Nelson

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