Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown
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He had himself shipped in a wooden box to the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society in Philadelphia. Against all odds, he arrived safely on March 24, 1849. Brown commemorated his harrowing twenty-seven-hour journey by assuming the middle name \u00e2\u0080\u009cBox\u00e2\u0080\u009d and publishing this autobiographical account, which became a classic among slave narratives. The frontispiece recreates his dramatic emergence from the wooden box that nearly became his coffin. Brown later traveled through the United States and Britain as a public speaker and magician."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Nacido en el Condado de Luisa, Virginia"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Luego de sufrir la tr\u00c3\u00a1gica separaci\u00c3\u00b3n de su esposa e hijos, que fueron vendidos al due\u00c3\u00b1o de una plantaci\u00c3\u00b3n en la lejana Carolina del Norte, Henry Brown tom\u00c3\u00b3 la decisi\u00c3\u00b3n de escapar de la esclavitud, y se hizo enviar en una caja de madera a la Sociedad Antiesclavista de Pensilvania, en Filadelfia. Contra toda probabilidad, lleg\u00c3\u00b3 sano y salvo el 24 de marzo de 1849. Brown conmemor\u00c3\u00b3 su angustioso viaje de veintisiete horas adoptando \u00e2\u0080\u009cBox\u00e2\u0080\u009d (Caja) como segundo nombre y publicando su relato autobiogr\u00c3\u00a1fico, que se convirti\u00c3\u00b3 en un cl\u00c3\u00a1sico de la narrativa sobre los esclavos. 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