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IMAGE number: BL5910697
Image title: Henry Box Brown from the frontispiece of the 'Narrative of Henry Box Brown', published in Boston, 1849
Artist: American School, (19th century) / American
Location: British Library, London, UK
Date: 1849 AD (C19th AD)

Image description: Henry 'Box' Brown (c. 1815–97) 19th-century Virginia slave who escaped to freedom at the age of 33 by arranging to have himself mailed in a wooden crate in 1849 to abolitionists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 'Narrative of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped from Slavery, Enclosed in a Box 3 Feet Long and 2 Wide Boston: Brown and Stearns, 1849.'
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 19th century / portrait / male / man / slave / slavery / abolition / escape / african-american / african american / isa

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