he mailed himself to freedom
Henry 'Box' Brown.
henry "box" brown
Henry Box Brown was a slave in Virginia who got out of slavery by himself. He escaped from slavery by mailing himself to Philadelphia using a wooden crate. He was a slave for over 33 years.
In 1815 Henry "Box" Brown had himself mailed to Philadelphia to escape slavery.
He became known as Henry "Box" Brown.
First, his name is Henry Box Brown. He was an abolitionist who's family was sold away from him, seeing that they were all slaves. He one day decided to escape slavery, so his friends helped him to climb into a shipping box, being addressed to an abolitionist in the union. The box was carried, Henry Brown inside, all the way to what I believe was New York. There, he was a free man. From that day on, March 31, he was known as Henry Box Brown. That day also became his artificial birthday.
No, it was Henry "Box" Brown who mailed himself with the help of friends in 1815.
The wife he had as a slave was a black woman named Nancy. The wife he had when he was in Boston, was named Ellen
Henry Brown shipped himself in a box to the north, so that he could earn his freedom from slavery. Since he traveled in a box for about 24 hours he got the nickname Henry box Brown
Henry "Box" Brown escaped on March 30, 1848.
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The actual cause and time of death of Henry Box Brown is unknown