BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom

$17.99 at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

by Carole Boston Weatherford (Author), Michele Wood (Illustrator) A Newbery Honor BookIn a moving, lyrical tale about the cost and fragility of freedom, a New York Times best-selling author and an acclaimed artist follow the life of a man who courageously shipped himself out of slavery.What have I to fear?My master broke every promise to me.I lost my beloved wife and our dear children.All, sold South. Neither my time nor my body is mine.The breath of life is all I have to lose.And bondage is suffocating…