On this day in 1849, Henry Brown escaped slavery from a Virginia plantation in a very unusual way: he arranged it so he could hide in a small wooden box that was sent to Pennsylvania. Here's some of his story. Plus: it was on this day in 2011 that a paramedic rescued a doctor from a fiery car crash, 30 years after that same doctor had helped the paramedic survive as a newborn.
Slavery cost him his family. That’s when Henry ‘Box’ Brown mailed himself to freedom. (Washington Post)
Little Known Black History Fact: Henry ‘Box’ Brown (Black America Web)
OC Paramedic Helps Rescue Doctor Who Saved His Life as Baby; Pair Reunited (KTLA)
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