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aug 13, 1849 - Henry "Box" Brown

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"Virginia slave Henry Brown escapes to freedom by arranging to have himself mailed in a wooden crate to abolitionists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."

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https://www.nationalgeographic.org/interactive/slavery-united-states/

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History of Slavery, Prisons, and Related State Violence in North America

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