Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown by

Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown

211 pages first pub 1849 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir adventurous challenging slow-paced
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It is the most celebrated escape in the history of American slavery. Henry Brown had himself sealed in a three-foot-by-two-foot box and shipped from Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia, a twenty-seven-hour journey to freedom. In Narrative of the L...

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