Biography · Abolition

Henry "Box" Brown

c. 1815–1897

United States

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Biography

In 1849, Brown had himself shipped in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia, a daring escape that became a celebrated abolitionist story.

c. 1822–1913

c. 1818–1895

c. 1797–1883