Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19971548 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henry Box Brown, Richard Newman (0000-0002-2603-2209), Henry Louis Gates (0009-0000-2347-5912) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Pages | 73 |
| Publication date | 2002-03-14 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Narrative of the life of Henry Box Brown (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressNew York, NY (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780195148534.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4388055235 |
| Open Library | OL3955098M |
| ISBN | 9780195148534 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
In 1849, Henry Brown escaped from slavery by shipping himself in a crate from Virginia to an anti-slavery office in Philadelphia. Twenty seven hours and three hundred and fifty miles later, Brown stepped out of his box to begin a new life. This is the memoir, originally published in 1851 in England, as fresh and compelling today as it was one hundred and fifty years ago. This extraordinary narrative paints an indelible portrait of life in slavery, and describes one of the most audacious, creative escapes ever completed. With a keen sense of irony, Brown examines the "peculiar institution" - from the hypocrisy of slave-owning Christian preachers, to the system of bribery that forced slaves to purchase the rights to their own belongings, to the practice of separating slave families with no warning. Indeed, it was when his own wife and children were sold away that he became determined to escape, and he enlisted the aid of a friend, who nailed him into a three-foot-by-two-foot wooden box. He travelled by railroad car, steamboat and horse cart - to the free state of Pennsylvania. His unprecedented manner of arrival made him a public sensation in the North, and a celebrity on the anti-slavery lecture circuit. With an introduction by Richard Newman and a foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., The Narrative of the Life of Henry "Box" Brown conveys the unquenchable spirit of a hero who risked death rather than live a slave. A classic slave narrative, it makes unforgettable reading
Art · Art history · HERO · Irony · Literature · Memoir · Narrative · Portrait · Theology · Wife · History · Law · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society · Abolitionists · African American abolitionists · African americans · biography · Fugitive slaves · Henry Box Brown (b. 1816) · Slavery · Slaves · united states · Virginia
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| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,09 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2021 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |