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Henry Box Brown

Henry Box Brown was a 19th-century Virginia slave who escaped to freedom at the age of 33 by arranging to have himself mailed in a wooden crate in 1849 to abolitionists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Books

The Great Escapes
The Great Escapes
William Wells Brown, William Craft, Daphne A. Brooks, Henry Box Brown, Jeffrey Gonda
Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown
Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown
Henry Box Brown
The Faces Behind the Chains: Thousands of Interviews, Memoirs & Life Stories of Former Slaves
The Faces Behind the Chains: Thousands of Interviews, Memoirs & Life Stories of Former Slaves
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Aphra Behn, Willie Lynch, Work Projects Administration, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown
Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown
Henry Box Brown
The Memories of Slavery - Complete Collection
The Memories of Slavery - Complete Collection
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Aphra Behn, Willie Lynch, Work Projects Administration, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
The Faces Behind the Chains: Thousands of Interviews, Memoirs & Life Stories of Former Slaves
The Faces Behind the Chains: Thousands of Interviews, Memoirs & Life Stories of Former Slaves
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Aphra Behn, Willie Lynch, Work Projects Administration, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
The Unchained: Powerful Life Stories of Former Slaves
The Unchained: Powerful Life Stories of Former Slaves
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Aphra Behn, Willie Lynch, Work Projects Administration, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
UNCHAINED - Powerful & Unflinching Narratives Of Former Slaves: 28 True Life Stories in One Volume
UNCHAINED - Powerful & Unflinching Narratives Of Former Slaves: 28 True Life Stories in One Volume
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, William Wells Brown, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Willie Lynch, Lydia Maria Child, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
100$ REWARD ON MY HEAD – Powerful & Unflinching Memoirs Of Former Slaves: 28 Narratives in One Volume
100$ REWARD ON MY HEAD – Powerful & Unflinching Memoirs Of Former Slaves: 28 Narratives in One Volume
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, William Wells Brown, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Willie Lynch, Lydia Maria Child, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
The Memories of Slavery - Complete Collection
The Memories of Slavery - Complete Collection
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Aphra Behn, Willie Lynch, Work Projects Administration, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
Taking the Chains Off - Testimonies and Narratives of Former Slaves
Taking the Chains Off - Testimonies and Narratives of Former Slaves
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, William Wells Brown, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Willie Lynch, Lydia Maria Child, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
The Most Influential Memoirs Of Former Slaves
The Most Influential Memoirs Of Former Slaves
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, William Wells Brown, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Willie Lynch, Lydia Maria Child, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
The Faces Behind the Chains: Thousands of Recorded Interviews, Memoirs & Life Stories of Former Slaves
The Faces Behind the Chains: Thousands of Recorded Interviews, Memoirs & Life Stories of Former Slaves
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Aphra Behn, Willie Lynch, Work Projects Administration, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
The Unchained: Powerful Life Stories of Former Slaves
The Unchained: Powerful Life Stories of Former Slaves
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Aphra Behn, Willie Lynch, Work Projects Administration, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
ONCE UPON A SLAVE: 28 Powerful Memoirs Of Former Slaves & 100+ Recorded Testimonies in One Edition
ONCE UPON A SLAVE: 28 Powerful Memoirs Of Former Slaves & 100+ Recorded Testimonies in One Edition
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, William Wells Brown, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Willie Lynch, Lydia Maria Child, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
LIVING TO TELL THE HORRID TALES: True Life Stories of Fomer Slaves, Testimonies, Novels & Historical Documents
LIVING TO TELL THE HORRID TALES: True Life Stories of Fomer Slaves, Testimonies, Novels & Historical Documents
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, James Weldon Johnson, Solomon Northup, William Wells Brown, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Mark Twain, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Aphra Behn, Willie Lynch, Sutton E. Griggs, Harriet E. Wilson, Lydia Maria Child, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Charles W. Chesnutt, Albion Winegar Tourgée, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
SLAVERY: Hundreds of Documented Testimonies of Former Slaves, Influential Memoirs, Records on Living Conditions and Customs in the South & History of Abolitionist Movement
SLAVERY: Hundreds of Documented Testimonies of Former Slaves, Influential Memoirs, Records on Living Conditions and Customs in the South & History of Abolitionist Movement
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, William Wells Brown, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Willie Lynch, Lydia Maria Child, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown
Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown
Henry Box Brown
UNCHAINED - Powerful & Unflinching Narratives Of Former Slaves: 28 True Life Stories in One Volume
UNCHAINED - Powerful & Unflinching Narratives Of Former Slaves: 28 True Life Stories in One Volume
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, William Wells Brown, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Willie Lynch, Lydia Maria Child, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain
100$ REWARD ON MY HEAD – Powerful & Unflinching Memoirs Of Former Slaves: 28 Narratives in One Volume
100$ REWARD ON MY HEAD – Powerful & Unflinching Memoirs Of Former Slaves: 28 Narratives in One Volume
Harriet Jacobs, William Still, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Prince, Solomon Northup, William Wells Brown, Ellen Craft, Sojourner Truth, Henry Bibb, Jacob D. Green, William Craft, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, Stephen Smith, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Willie Lynch, Lydia Maria Child, Charles Ball, Sarah H. Bradford, Louis Hughes, Josiah Henson, Austin Steward, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Joseph Mountain

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