The Narrative of the Life of Henry "Box" Brown by Newman
In 1849, Henry Brown escaped from slavery by shipping himself in a crate from Virginia to an anti-slavery office in Philadelphia. Twenty seven hours and three hundred and fifty miles later, Brwon stepped out of his box to begin a new life. This is the memoir, originally published in 1851 in England, as fresh and compelling today as ot was one hundred and fifty years ago.
"Newman's edition has notes that are not only useful and interesting, but as moving as Brown's story itself"--New York Review of Books "Highly readable and moving in its blunt description of slavery."--Philadelphia Inquirer "The reader who steps into the claustrophobic box occupied by Brown encounters unforgettable reconstructions of the horror--slavery--upon which America itself was built."--Chicago Tribune "What distinguishes Brown's book is its incredible, though brief and uninflected, conclusion, involving one of the most impressive escapes in American letters."--New Republic "Richard Newman has performed a most outstanding and admirable service in restoring this rare and compelling text to a new generation of readers. Brown's story calls to mind in our own generation the determination to achieve democracy by oppressed people throughout the world."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr., from the Foreword "Henry 'Box' Brown's daring escape from slavery is one of the great creative acts in the struggle for black freedom. This is his story."--Cornel West, Alphonse Fletcher Jr. University Professor, Harvard University "This long-neglected autobiography by a self-liberated ex-slave casts new light not only on the breadth of black resistance, but on the very genre of slave narratives itself."--Jill Watts, California State University, San Marcos, author of Mae West: An Icon in Black and White
Richard Newman is the Fellows and Research Officer at the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard. He is the editor of Everybody Say Freedom: Everything You Need to Know About African-American History and Go Down, Moses: Celebrating the African-American Spiritual.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195148541 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195148541 |
| Title | The Narrative of the Life of Henry "Box" Brown |
| Author | Newman |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2003-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
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