Narrative of the life of Henry Box Brown
By: written by himself ; introduction by Richard Newman ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 73
Subjects: Brown, Henry Box, b. 1816; Fugitive slaves -- Virginia -- Biography; African Americans -- Virginia -- Biography; Slavery -- Virginia -- History; African American abolitionists -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: "In 1849, Henry Brown escaped from slavery by shipping himself in a crate from Virginia to an antislavery office in Philadelphia. Twenty-seven hours and 350 miles later, Brown stepped out of his box to begin a new life. This is his memoir, originally published in 1851 in England, as fresh and compelling today as it was 150 years ago."--BOOK JACKET.