Henry Box Brown Event

Filmed at the Museum of Science and Industry on the 11th of July 2008.

[@shadowkitty56]

Tip: Henry Brown swooned when he first got out of the box: he'd been cooped up in there for quite a while and spent a good deal of the journey upside down! He also sang a psalm he'd picked out for the moment he gained his freedom.

[@Klm49]

This is so interesting! I love that they are sharing the story, but its all flash, where's the substance of why he packed himself in a box in the first place? Where is the comment on the horrors of slavery?

[@leedza]

I wonder how many of these stories have been lost to biased historical recollection.

[@urmami3823]

is that real

[@RyoAstra]

Yes