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05 April 2022

Henry Box Brown

«Henry 'Box' Brown, born enslaved in Virginia, even succesfully mailed himself to freedom, inside a wodden crate that, with help from a white storekeeper and unwitting private express company, delivered him to Philadelphia.»

Winifred Gallagher, How the Post Office Created America

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