The Resurrection of Henry Box Brown at Philadelphia

Henry Brown, eventually to be known as Henry “Box” Brown, was a Richmond slave who shipped himself “in a box 3 feet long, 2–1/2 ft. deep, and 2 ft. wide” to the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society in Philadelphia. In this drawing, the original of which was published in Brown’s 1849 memoir, the artist captures the moment of unboxing, with a variety of figures including noted abolitionist Frederick Douglass looking on.