Resurrection of Henry Box Brown

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Title

Resurrection of Henry Box Brown

Subject

Slave trade, resistance

Description

Henry Brown, an enslaved man who worked in a tobacco factory and who watched as his wife and children were sold at auction, escaped north by shipping himself in a wooden crate measuring 3 feet long by 2 feet wide and 2 feet deep.

Source

from William Still. The Underground Rail Road.

Publisher

Philadelphia

Date

1872

Contributor

Library of Virginia

Rights

Work is Public Domain; image from Library of Virginia

Format

Engraving

Identifier

04_0097_10.JPG

Citation

“Resurrection of Henry Box Brown,” To Be Sold: Virginia and the American Slave Trade, accessed December 4, 2024, https://virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/371.