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Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom Jeanne Birdsall are overlaid with depictions ofA 2021 Newbery Honor Book In 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