Deborah Hartmann Preuss, pcc on Nostr: Henry 'Box' Brown was a celebrated Black abolitionist and magician. In 1849, he ...

Henry 'Box' Brown was a celebrated Black abolitionist and magician. In 1849, he famously escaped slavery by “mailing himself to freedom” in a 3 foot long box (by rail, steamboat and wagon 😨) to abolitionists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Fearing re-enslavement, he moved to England, & spent the last decade of his life in Toronto. 😢

Now, in historic Old Toronto,
Henry Box Brown Lane comemmorates him.
#blackHistoryMonth https://mstdn.ca/@KWT/111858708107134757

(His whole story is here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Box_Brown )