Brown, Henry "Box" | Anti-slavery panorama from a famed abolitionist , Brown, Henry "Box" | Anti-slavery panorama from a famed abolitionist

Brown, Henry "Box"
New Market Hall ... Mr. Henry Box Brown Will exhibit his celebrated American Moving Tableaux, or Panorama of African and American Slavery! Stoke, [England, 1854]

Broadside playbill (246 x 204 mm). Printed on blue paper in a variety of types; not examined out of frame, old folds, a few spots of discoloration. Framed and glazed with Plexiglas. [with:] a printed "Scholar's Ticket" granting admission to one of Brown's performances.

Henry "Box" Brown was at the time of this 1854 performance perhaps the most famous fugitive slave in the world. He had escaped from Virginia to Philadelphia in a wooden packing case, enduring a physically trying day-long journey to freedom. He became one of the most recognized icons of the abolitionist movement in America before moving to England and entering the British show circuit.

REFERENCE:
EE, pp. 130-131

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