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Narrative of Henry Box Brown, who escaped from slavery enclosed in a box 3 feet long and 2 wide / written from a statement of facts made by himself ; with remarks upon the ...

Reprint of the 1849 ed., with "Henry Box Brown; a bibliographical note, by Maxwell Whiteman" added. siris_sil_424844 ...
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The unbelievable story of the slave who mailed himself to freedom

The life of Henry "Box" Brown is so notable because he was an Antebellum-Era Virginia plantation slave who managed to mailed himself to freedom in a wooden box. The big question here is: how did he do ...