Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown
By (Author) Henry Brown
Dover Publications Inc.
Dover Publications Inc.
28th August 2015
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Autobiography: historical, political and military
History of the Americas
306.362092
Physical Properties
Paperback
80
Width 128mm, Height 204mm, Spine 5mm
70g
Description
After more than 30 years of slavery, Henry "Box" Brown managed to have himself nailed inside a packing crate and shipped from Richmond to Philadelphia. This important memoir recounts his daring and successful bid for freedom. "Just as relevant now as it was 150 years ago." - Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Author Bio
Henry "Box" Brown escaped slavery in 1849 by shipping himself in a crate from Richmond to Philadelphia. Upon attaining his freedom, he became a popular lecturer on the anti-slavery circuit, and he published this memoir in 1851.
