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![[NEWSPAPERS]. [SLAVERY]. [BROWN, Henry "Box" (1815-1897), subject]. Hagerstown Herald of Freedom. Hagerstown, MD: June 12, 1849.](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/xl/3604/36040173.jpeg?t=1W5vwi)
Lot 373
[NEWSPAPERS]. [SLAVERY]. [BROWN, Henry "Box" (1815-1897), subject]. Hagerstown Herald of Freedom. Hagerstown, MD: June 12, 1849.
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[NEWSPAPERS]. [SLAVERY]. [BROWN, Henry "Box" (1815-1897), subject]. Hagerstown Herald of Freedom. Hagerstown, MD: June 12, 1849. 4 pp. Approximately 25 x 17 1/2".
Condition
Newspaper split into 2 separate leaves, worn, soiled, torn, marginal chipping. Fair. THE UNUSUAL ESCAPE OF SLAVE HENRY "BOX" BROWN - WHO MAILED HIMSELF TO FREEDOM, HIDING IN A BOX. In 1849, Brown escaped slavery in Virginia by having himself mailed to abolitionists in Pennsylvania in a wooden crate. He went on to be an abolitionist, but due to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, he emigrated to England, where he became a speaker, performer, and magician. He returned to the U. S. in 1875, where he toured as a magician and mesmerist.
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