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Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Anna Maria Weems was just a teenager when she was given the opportunity to escape her enslaver in the mid-1800s. The journey would be dangerous, but she would have the help of abolitionists along the way. One of those supporters had a novel idea--Anna Maria would escape to freedom disguised as a boy. Learn about her brave journey on the Underground Railroad in this inspiring graphic novel"--
Author
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"On March 23, 1849, Henry Brown climbed into a large wooden postal crate and was mailed from slavery in Richmond, Virginia to freedom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "Box Brown," as he came to be known after this astounding feat, went on to carve out a career as an abolitionist speaker, actor, magician, hypnotist, and even faith healer, traveling the US, the UK, and Canada until his death in 1897. The Many Resurrections of Henry Box Brown shows how...
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