Season 1 · Episode 95
095: Henry "Box" Brown's Escape From Enslavement
The History Hotline · Deanna Lyncook
February 14, 202336m 0s
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Show Notes
Henry Brown was born enslaved in Richmond, Virginia in either 1815 or 1816 at the Hermitage plantation. Unlike many enslaved Africans he knew and lived with his family members on the same plantation.
However, after being split from his wife and children he decided that he could no longer be without his freedom and liberty and escaped in the way he saw best fit... in a box.
Tune in to find out more about his escape and subsequent life in Britain.