Brown, Henry Box 1815 or 1816-
Overview
| Works: | 32 works in 119 publications in 3 languages and 12,325 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Biographies History Autobiographies Controversial literature Personal narratives Slave narratives |
| Roles: | Author |
| Classifications: | E450, B |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works about
Henry Box Brown
- Henry's freedom box by Ellen Levine( Book )
- Narrative of the life of Henry Box Brown by Henry Box Brown( )
- Freedom song : the story of Henry "Box" Brown by Sally M Walker( Book )
- Box : Henry Brown mails himself to freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford( Book )
- Bodies in dissent : spectacular performances of race and freedom, 1850-1910 by Daphne Brooks( Book )
- The disappearing man by Doug Peterson( Book )
- Narrative of Henry Box Brown : who escaped from slavery enclosed in a box 3 feet long and 2 wide by Henry Box Brown( )
- The unboxing of Henry Brown by Jeffrey Ruggles( Book )
- Henry's freedom box : a true story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine( Recording )
- Henry's freedom box by Ellen Levine( Visual )
- Box : Henry Brown mails himself to freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford( Visual )
- Southern promises by Thomas Bradshaw( Book )
- Henry Box Brown : from slavery to show business by Kathleen Chater( )
- Stories for African American History Month( Visual )
- Henry's freedom box by Ellen Levine( Recording )
- Black history : kids edition( Visual )
- Coretta Scott and other inspiring African Americans( Visual )
- The saga of Henry "Box" Brown : a play by Valerie Harris( Book )
- A slave no more by Judy Wolfman( Book )
- Henry "Box" Brown: FOREVER by Wilmer Wilson( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Henry Box Brown
Narrative of the life of Henry Box Brown by
Henry Box Brown(
)
7 editions published between 1851 and 2009 in English and held by 1,123 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Richard Newman provides a 25-page introduction to a revised autobiography of Henry Box Brown, a fugitive slave who in 1849 devised his own escape to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Virginia to an anti-slavery office in Philadelphia
7 editions published between 1851 and 2009 in English and held by 1,123 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Richard Newman provides a 25-page introduction to a revised autobiography of Henry Box Brown, a fugitive slave who in 1849 devised his own escape to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Virginia to an anti-slavery office in Philadelphia
Narrative of Henry Box Brown : who escaped from slavery enclosed in a box 3 feet long and 2 wide by
Henry Box Brown(
Book
)
6 editions published between 1849 and 2019 in English and held by 167 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
6 editions published between 1849 and 2019 in English and held by 167 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The great escapes : four slave narratives(
Book
)
2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 135 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The four former slaves represented here met only once. Yet each attained legendary stature in the anti-slavery battle--and justly so, for their escapes are among the most dramatic ever recorded"--Page 4 of cover
2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 135 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The four former slaves represented here met only once. Yet each attained legendary stature in the anti-slavery battle--and justly so, for their escapes are among the most dramatic ever recorded"--Page 4 of cover
The resurrection of Henry Box Brown at Philadelphia(
Visual
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1 edition published in 1850 in English and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1850 in English and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- Levine, Ellen Author
- Nelson, Kadir Illustrator
- Brown, Henry Box 1816- Author
- Ernest, John Editor
- Qualls, Sean
- Walker, Sally M. Author
- Brooks, Daphne Author
- Weatherford, Carole Boston 1956- Author
- Wood, Michele
- Hopkins, Pauline E. (Pauline Elizabeth)
Associated Subjects
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