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How Henry Box Brown escaped slavery in a box and became a subversive magician

How Henry Box Brown escaped slavery in a box and became a subversive magician

In 1849, Henry Brown escapes slavery by mailing himself in a small wooden box to a free state. But that’s less than half his story. In freedom, he becomes Henry Box Brown, and uses his escape box as the basis for a subversive magic act that sees him tour the stages of the U.K., and Canada — his final home.

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