In 1849, slave Henry “Box” Brown, working in a tobacco factory in Richmond, Va., escaped to Pennsylvania by having himself sealed in a box and express mailed to a Quaker abolition society.
March 7, 2021
In 1849, slave Henry “Box” Brown, working in a tobacco factory in Richmond, Va., escaped to Pennsylvania by having himself sealed in a box and express mailed to a Quaker abolition society.
March 7, 2021