Box
Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom
Candlewick Pr, 2020.
Format: Book
Description: 56 pages ;
Henry Brown wrote that long before he came to be known as "Box," he "entered the world a slave." He was put to work as a child and passed down from one generation to the next - as property. When he was an adult, his wife and children were sold away from him out of spite. Henry Brown watched as his family left, bound in chains, headed to the deeper South. What more could be taken from him? But then hope - and help - came in the from of the Underground Railroad. Escape! The author, in poems, narrates Henry Brown's story of how he came to ship himself in a box from slavery to freedom.
Subjects:
Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816- -- Poetry -- Juvenile literature.
Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816-
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Slavery -- Poetry -- Juvenile literature.
Underground Railroad -- Poetry -- Juvenile literature.
Fugitive slaves.
African Americans.
African American abolitionists.
Slavery
Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816- -- Poetry -- Juvenile literature.
Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816-
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Slavery -- Poetry -- Juvenile literature.
Underground Railroad -- Poetry -- Juvenile literature.
Fugitive slaves.
African Americans.
African American abolitionists.
Slavery
ISBN:
0763691569
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C HISTORY US Slavery Wea | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Slavery Wea | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Slavery Wea | Southeast | Children's NonFiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references.
John Newbery Medal Honor, 2021.
John Newbery Medal Honor, 2021.