Henry Brown 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 form of the Underground Railroad. Escape!
In stanzas of six lines each, each line representing one side of a box, celebrated poet Carole Boston Weatherford powerfully narrates Henry Brown’s story of how he came to send himself in a box from slavery to freedom.
Time line. Bibliography. Illustratorâs note. âA Note on Numbers and Language.â Full-color mixed media illustrations.
Title alpha Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom
Category Biography Middle Plus
Pages Count 56
Genre Nonfiction
Topics Henry “Box” Brown (1816–1897). African Americans. Slavery. Nineteenth-century US history. Abolitionism. Underground Railroad.
Trim Size 9" x 10 1/2"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2020-04-13
JLG Release Date Jun 2020
Minimum grade 5
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Biography Middle Plus (Grades 5-8)
Biography Middle Plus
Biography Middle Plus (Grades 5-8)
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