Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown

Informationen zum Autor Henry ""Box"" Brown escaped slavery in 1849 by shipping himself in a crate from Richmond to Philadelphia. Upon attaining his freedom, he became a popular lecturer on the anti-slavery circuit, and he published this memoir in 1851. Klappentext Memoir of escape from slavery by someone who hid inside a crate shipped from Richmond to Philadelphia. ""Just as relevant now as it was 150 years ago."" - Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Product details

• Authors: Henry Brown, Henry Box Brown
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.08.2015
• EAN: 9780486795751
• ISBN: 978-0-486-79575-1
• No. of pages: 80
• Series: Dover Thrift Editions; Dover Thrift Editions; Dover Thrift Editions: Black H
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies