Henry Box Brown was born on January 1, 1816, in Louisa County, Virginia. He was born into slavery and later became known for escaping slavery by mailing himself in a wooden crate to freedom in 1849. Brown's remarkable story is a powerful example of the lengths individuals went to in order to seek freedom from the oppressive institution of slavery.
Henry Box Brown was born on May 30, 1815. He was an African American who gained fame for escaping slavery by hiding in a wooden box and shipping himself to freedom. His remarkable journey and subsequent activism made him a notable figure in the abolitionist movement.
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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.
he shipped himself in a box . That is how he was freed.
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He was born in Virgina
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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
Henry Box Brown was born on May 30, 1815. He was an African American who gained fame for escaping slavery by hiding in a wooden box and shipping himself to freedom. His remarkable journey and subsequent activism made him a notable figure in the abolitionist movement.
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