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1 online resource (222 pages) |
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text |
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computer |
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online resource |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Emergence of Henry "Box" Brown; A Note on the Text; Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written by Himself; Appendix A: Illustrations; Appendix B: Henry Box Brown in the Press; Appendix C: From the United States to England: The Two Narratives; Works Cited; Index. |
| Summary |
It is the most celebrated escape in the history of American slavery. Henry Brown had himself sealed in a three-foot-by-two-foot box and shipped from Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia, a twenty-seven-hour journey to freedom. In Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written by Himself, Brown not only tells the story of his famed escape, but also recounts his later life as a black man making his way through white American and British culture. Most important, he paints a revealing portrait of the reality of slavery, of the wife and children sold away from him, the home to which he could not. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-205) and index. |
| Local Note |
ProQuest Ebook Central Ebook Central Academic Complete |
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CNY Ebook Subscription |
| Subject |
Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816-
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Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816-
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Fugitive slaves -- Virginia -- Biography.
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African Americans -- Virginia -- Biography.
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Slavery -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century.
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African American abolitionists -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Ernest, John.
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| ISBN |
9780807888858 (electronic bk.) |
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0807888850 (electronic bk.) |
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9781469605005 (electronic bk.) |
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1469605007 (electronic bk.) |
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9780807831960 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0807831964 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780807858905 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0807858900 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| OCLC # |
609863423 |
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