Narrative of the Life of Henry Box BrownIt is the most celebrated escape in the history of American slavery. Henry Brown had himself sealed in a three foot by two foot box and shipped from Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia, a twenty seven hour journey to freedom. In Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written by Himself, Brown not only tells the story of his famed escape, but also recounts his later life as a black man making his way through white American and British culture. Most