Freedom song : the story of Henry "Box" Brown
(2012)
By:
Walker, Sally M
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
E/BIOGRAPHY/306.362/BROWN,H/WAL
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Harper, [2012]
©2012
©2012
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 28 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780060583101 (trade bdg.), 006058310X (trade bdg.), 9780060583118 (lib. bdg.), 0060583118 (lib. bdg.), 006058310X :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Henry Brown copes with slavery by singing, but after his wife and children are sold away he is left with only his freedom song, which gives him strength when friends put him in a box and mail him to a free state
Ages 4-8
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