Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written by Himself (AmazonClassics Edition)

Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written by Himself (AmazonClassics Edition)

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Brown
Henry Box
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In 1849, Henry Brown escaped from slavery by shipping himself in a crate from Virginia to an anti-slavery office in Philadelphia. 27 hours and 350 miles later, Brown stepped out of his box to begin a new life. This is his memoir, originally published in 1851 in England, as fresh andcompelling today as it was 150 years ago.This extraordinary narrative paints an indelible portrait of life in slavery, and describes one of the most audacious, creative escapes ever completed. With a keen sense of irony, Brown examines the "peculiar institution"--from the hypocrisy of slave-owning Christian preachers, to the system ofbribery that forced slaves to purchase the rights to their own belongings, to the practice of separating slave families with no warning. Indeed, it was when his own wife and children were sold away that he became determined to escape, and he enlisted the aid of a friend, who nailed him into athree-foot-by-two-foot wooden box. He traveled by railroad car, steamboat and horse cart--often upside down, despite a "this side up" stamp--to the free state of Pennsylvania. His unprecedented manner of arrival made him a public sensation in the North, and a celebrity on the anti-slavery lecturecircuit.
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Brown
Henry Box
Язык
Английский
ISBN
9781662507854
Дата выхода
2022

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Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written by Himself (AmazonClassics Edition)

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