The Unboxing of Henry Brown

The Unboxing of Henry Brown
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Book Synopsis The Unboxing of Henry Brown by : Jeffrey Ruggles

Download or read book The Unboxing of Henry Brown written by Jeffrey Ruggles and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "THE UNBOXING OF HENRY BROWN documents the amazing life of Henry Box Brown, whose daring escape from slavery sealed in a box has become a celebrated saga of the Underground Railroad. Based on more than a decade of research in the United States and England, Jeffrey Ruggles tells the dramatic but true story of Brown, an industrial slave in Virginia, an abolitionist activist in New England, and a performer for a quarter-century on the English stage." -- page 4 of cover.


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