<b>Info</b>:Henry Box Brown was an African American abolitionist speaker and showman, who later took up a career as a mesmerist and conjuror.
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Brown was born into slaver but on March 23, 1849 escaped to freedom by famously having himself mailed in a wooden crate to abolitionists in Philadelphia. Thus inspiring his nickname.
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After arrival in Philadelphia, Brown became a well-known speaker for the Anti-Slavery Society and an author with the publication of his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown (1849).
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Brown exhibited a moving panorama titled "Mirror of Slavery" across the northeastern states until he was forced to move to England after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.
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Brown toured Britain with his antislavery panorama for the next 10 years. Which was followed by a long career in show business.
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Monikers include...
- Prof. H. Box Brown
- The African Prince