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Henry Box Brown

Born

in Louisa County, Virginia, The United States

January 01, 1815

Died

January 01, 1879

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs

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Henry Brown was a 19th century Virginia slave who escaped to freedom by arranging to have himself mailed to Philadelphia abolitionists in a wooden crate.

As a free man, Brown lectured across New England on the evils of slavery and participated in the publication of the Narrative of Henry Box Brown (1849). In 1850, a moving panorama, Henry Box Brown's Mirror of Slavery, opened in Boston.

That same year, Brown, worried that he might be re-enslaved, moved to England, where he re-married, lectured, presented his panorama, and performed as a hypnotist.

In 1875, he returned to the United States with his wife and daughter Annie and performed as a magician.

The date and location of his death are unknown. A newspaper reports a February 26, 1889 perfo ...more

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	Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown by Henry Box Brown, Richard Newman (Editor), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Foreword) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 323 ratings — published 1849 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Antislavery Writings: Colonial Beginnings to Emancipation by James G. Basker (Editor), Gerret Hendricks (Contributor), George Keith (Contributor) 3.73 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Anthology. African American literature. Novels and short stories. Poetry. Non-fiction. Essays. Illustrated by William Wells Brown, Harriet E. Wilson, Nella Larsen 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Unnamed Runaway and Henry Box Brown: Two American Slave Narratives: Black Lives Matter! It did happen here! Don't forget our history 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Narrative of Henry Box Brown by Henry Box Brown, Charles (Abolitionist) Stearns 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written by Himself 1851 Leather Bound 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Narrative Of Henry Box Brown: or, Escaping From Slavery Enclosed In a Box 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Born a Slave: Anthology: Collected Memoirs and Interviews by Sojourner Truth, Solomon Northup, Harriet Jacobs 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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