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The Amazing Henry Box Brown: Escaping Slavery By Mailing Himself to Freedom
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:54:08
Publish Date: 2025-02-03 13:10:00
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Enslaved in 1840s Virginia, Henry Brown has himself nailed into a postal crate and mailed to a free state. But that’s less than half his story. In freedom, he becomes Henry Box Brown, and uses his escape box as the basis for a subversive magic act that sees him tour the stages of the UK and Canada — his final home. 
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