SuitabookFreedom under enslavement
Henry seeks freedom after living under slavery and losing his family through sale.
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Sally M. Walker - Author
A lyrical, illustrated account of Henry Brown’s life under slavery, his family’s forced separation, and his dangerous escape in a box.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA lyrical, illustrated account of Henry Brown’s life under slavery, his family’s forced separation, and his dangerous escape in a box.
Henry seeks freedom after living under slavery and losing his family through sale.
Music accompanies Henry’s family life and becomes a freedom song after his wife and children are sold away.
The book includes the sale and forced separation of Henry’s wife and children, enslavement, fear and a perilous escape. Illustrations use dark shadows to convey the confined box and ordeal.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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