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Henry Box Brown

American magician, illusionist, actor and former slave

  • Fame51.8
  • Momentum8.0
  • Wikipedia4.6K
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Lived 1815–1897, aged 82United States
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  • Era
    1815–1897
    Aged 82
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Updated 2026-07-07

Henry "Box" Brown was an enslaved man from Virginia who escaped to freedom at the age of 33 by arranging to have himself mailed in a wooden crate in 1849 to abolitionists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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