The Many Resurrections of Henry Box Brown - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812254051ISBN-10:812254058UPC:9780812254051Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ethnic Studies, AmericanBook Topic:AmericanSize:10.20 x 7.20 x 1.20 inchesWeight:2.2531Product ID:SCBMWPQ0YV
The Many Resurrections of Henry Box Brown
On March 23, 1849, Henry Brown climbed into a large wooden postal crate and was mailed from slavery in Richmond, Virginia, to freedom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "Box Brown," as he came to be known after this astounding feat, went on to carve out a career as an abolitionist speaker, actor, magician, hypnotist, and even faith healer, traveling the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812254051ISBN-10:812254058UPC:9780812254051Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ethnic Studies, AmericanBook Topic:AmericanSize:10.20 x 7.20 x 1.20 inchesWeight:2.2531Product ID:SCBMWPQ0YV
Martha J. Cutter is Professor of English and Africana studies at the University of Connecticut. She is the author of The Illustrated Slave: Empathy, Graphic Narrative, and the Visual Culture of the Transatlantic Abolition Movement, 1800-1852; Lost and Found in Translation: Contemporary Ethnic American Writing and Politics of Language Diversity; Unruly Tongue: Identity and Voice in American...
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