Dublin Core
Title
Resurrection of Henry Box Brown
Subject
Slave trade, resistance
Description
Henry Brown, an enslaved man who worked in a tobacco factory and who watched as his wife and children were sold at auction, escaped north by shipping himself in a wooden crate measuring 3 feet long by 2 feet wide and 2 feet deep.
Source
from William Still. The Underground Rail Road.
Publisher
Philadelphia
Date
1872
Contributor
Library of Virginia
Rights
Work is Public Domain; image from Library of Virginia
Format
Engraving
Identifier
04_0097_10.JPG