Henry "Box" Brown, detail

Scanned by

Joby Topper, University of North Carolina, 2004

Notes

Cropped and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, March 13, 2008. The original work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching, and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text.

Depicted ContentBrown, Henry "Box"

Image type

engraving

Courtesy of

Documenting the American South Project, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Source citation

Henry Box Brown and Charles Stearns, NARRATIVE OF HENRY BOX BROWN, WHO ESCAPED FROM SLAVERY, ENCLOSED IN A BOX 3 FEET LONG AND 2 WIDE. WRITTEN WITH A STATEMENT OF FACTS MADE BY HIMSELF. WITH REMARKS UPON THE REMEDY FOR SLAVERY. BY CHARLES STEARNS (Boston: Brown and Stearns, 1849): frontispiece.

Source note

Electronic Version from the Documenting the American South Project, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.