Henry's freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine, illustrated by Kadir Nelson

Henry is a slave. He works hard for his master, marries another slave named Nancy, has children, and then loses his entire family when his master sells them. That's when Henry decides that he will mail himself to freedom. With the help of his friend James and Dr. Smith, a white man who thinks slavery is wrong, he packages himself in a large wooden box and arrives in Philadelphia on March 30, 1849, which Henry decides to claim as his birthday. This is a true story and a 2008 Caldecott Honor Book.

Genre: Picture Book-Historical Fiction
Levine, E. (2007). Henry's freedom box: A true story from the Underground Railroad. New York: Scholastic.