The sensational escape from slavery of Henry 'Box' Brown.
Channel: Bygones and Beyond
Date: 21/11/2023

This video is about Henry Brown, the man who made a sensational escape from slavery. His story is chronicled in his two autobiographies: 'Narrative of Henry Box Brown Who Escaped From Slavery, Enclosed In A Box Three Feet Long, Two Wide and Two And A Half High' and 'Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written by Himself'.


Sources:
Images:
Wikimedia Commons: A valuable resource for historical images.
Performance poster in Shrewsbury:  https://uconn-today-universityofconn.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Figure-5.21-Poster-from-Browns-performances-in-Shrewsbury-England.jpg
"Cousin Ann's Stories for Children": https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collection/chapbks/id/383
The Boston Weekly Globe article from January 9, 1889: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8567974/henry-box-brown-drawing-in-1889
Thumbnail from The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum in Baltimore

Audio:
Steam train sound: https://freesound.org/people/gadzooks/sounds/39413/
Steam train whistle: https://freesound.org/people/eliasheuninck/sounds/170464/
Steamboat sound: https://freesound.org/people/LG/sounds/72805/

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmB95azJIKU