The story of Henry “box” Brown

Henry Brown's story starts when his family was shipped and sold away in 1848. Desperate to escape slavery, Brown sketched out a plan to ship himself from Richmond to Philadelphia. With the help of two abolitionists, Brown fit himself into a tiny three by a two-foot wooden crate that was placed on a wagon, the steamboat and then train that was headed to Jame M Mckim's house, who was an abolitionist. With only a few biscutits and a some water, he embarked on his joureny. At one point Brown was left upside down for ninety minutes, letting blood flow straight to his head. He arrived Philadelphiaphia aft 27 hours and his story mad ehim a minor celebrity in NEw england. After the Fugitive slave act, he fled the oiuntry to Gret Britian. He later returned to the unitred states in 1875 and worked as amagician.