Henry “Box” Brown shipped himself from a slave state to a free state in 1849. Undermain Theatre’s production of Box imagines an alternative ending to Brown’s life after his escape from ...

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 ...

As he prayed for guidance, he later wrote, he heard the words: "Go and get a box, and put yourself in it." When he emerged from his journey, Brown was a sensation with a nickname to match: ...