In reading this story and engaging in a fun learning activity, young readers will build reading skills, develop critical thinking skills, and make connections between characters in stories and real people.

• Slavery: the practice of owning people as property.
• Slave Market: a place where slaves were sold.
• Underground Railroad: secret routes and methods that slaves took to escape to freedom.

Henry chose to go to Philadelphia because it was a place where he could be free. Think about a place that represents freedom to you. Where would you go if you were Henry “Box” Brown? Use the attached activity sheet to write your destination.

Narrative of Henry Brown: http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/brownbox/brownbox.html

Library of Congress Henry Brown: https://www.loc.gov/item/2004665363/

Henry’s Box Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/item/rbpe.06501600/

Underground Railroad Maps: https://www.loc.gov/item/75696204/ and https://www.loc.gov/item/75696205/