Henry's Freedom Box
Ratings6
Average rating5
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Ratings6
Average rating5
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.
Reviews with the most likes.
It was a nice book for a child, but I would have liked to learn more about the aftermath of what happened later.
Rating: 5 leaves out of 5
Characters: 5/5
Cover: 5/5
Story: 5/5
Writing: 5/5
Genre: Children
Type: Book
Worth?: Yes
Henry Brown is enslaved from birth, forced to work in a tobacco processing factory. He meets Nancy as a young man and the two slaves marry and have children together. And then Nancy's owner sells her and her children. Henry Brown never sees his family again. It motivates Brown to escape, and he has the idea to box himself up and mail himself to a free state. And so he does.
A story of courage and inspiration.
