The Resurrection of Henry Box Brown at Philadelphia

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The Resurrection of Henry Box Brown at Philadelphia was a lithograph by Samuel Rowse in the 1850s
The Resurrection of Henry Box Brown at Philadelphia was a lithograph by Samuel Rowse in the 1850s

The Resurrection of Henry Box Brown at Philadelphia is a lithograph by Samuel Rowse.

The drawing depicts Henry "Box" Brown, an escaped slave from Virginia emerging from a shipping box into freedom in Philadelphia in 1849. The lithograph was widely published to help raise funds for anti-slavery purposes and Brown's travels. One of only three known originals is preserved in the collection of the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond.

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  • Brown, Henry (2003) Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, a revised version with introduction by Richard Newman, foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-514854-1
  • Ruggles, Jeffry (2003) The Unboxing of Henry Brown Richmond, Virginia; Library of Virginia ISBN 0-88490-200-5

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