Henry “Box” Brown pulled off one of the great escapes from slavery when he shipped himself in a box to gain freedom. Born into slavery in Louisa County, Brown was sent to work at a Richmond ...

Henry Box Brown shipped himself from a slave state to ... who wasn’t necessarily talked about in great detail in our history classes or even during Black History Month,” said playwright ...

Every student of American history has heard of Henry “Box” Brown. But what distinguished him is often reduced to a headline: ...

The act of naming this laneway, reclaiming that history has power,' says Wynne. (Lisa Godfrey/CBC) Standing near the sign marking Henry Box Brown Lane, Panceta Barnett says she is delighted to ...

But Henry Brown tried a very different approach ... And so, to the best of history’s knowledge, “Box” Brown was the only person who was ever shipped out of slavery. J.

The little-known history of Henry Box Brown. He escaped slavery in the U.S. by mailing himself in a box to a free state, became a magician, and eventually settled in Toronto where he's buried.