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Henry Box Brown, the former slave who had himself mailed from Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to escape slavery on 29 March 1849. Image by Charles Stearns, frontspiece to the 1849 edition of Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written by Himself.
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Cite This Work
APA Style
Stearns, C. (2025, April 14). Henry Box Brown. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20336/henry-box-brown/
Chicago Style
Stearns, Charles. "Henry Box Brown." World History Encyclopedia, April 14, 2025. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20336/henry-box-brown/.
MLA Style
Stearns, Charles. "Henry Box Brown." World History Encyclopedia, 14 Apr 2025, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20336/henry-box-brown/.
