Henry’s Freedom Box
After Henry’s wife and children had been sold and he had no way to find them, he yearned to be free and found a white man who would help him by shipping him in a crate from Richmond to Philadelphia. The incentive to be free was so strong that he suffered pain and discomfort to achieve his goal: living as a free man.
Economic Concepts
- Incentives
Grade Levels
- Intermediate (4-6)
Related Subjects
- U.S. History
- Multicultural
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