Chater Kathleen
Chater Kathleen - Henry Box Brown From Slavery To Show Business - Paperback
Chater Kathleen - Henry Box Brown From Slavery To Show Business - Paperback
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Description: Henry Box Brown is well known in America for escaping slavery by being packed in a box and mailed from Virginia to Philadelphia. The passing of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850 made it unsafe for Brown to remain in America. He relocated to England where he had a very successful career initially as a speaker on abolitionism before he began speaking on other subjects and then branched out into other forms of entertainment including magic. He married Jane Floyd who with their children appeared in his acts. This book concentrates on the relatively unknown period of his life in Britain detailing both how he was received and how he developed as a performer. It is the biography of a brave intelligent individualist who was always willing to learn and to take chances becoming the first black man to achieve landmarks in British law and entertainment.
Title: Henry Box Brown From Slavery To Show Business
Author(s): Chater Kathleen
Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc
Barcode: 9781476679228
Pages: 267 Pages, 22 Photos, Appendix, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Publication Date: 8/31/2020
Category: Slavery & Abolition Of Slavery
Description: Henry Box Brown is well known in America for escaping slavery by being packed in a box and mailed from Virginia to Philadelphia. The passing of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850 made it unsafe for Brown to remain in America. He relocated to England where he had a very successful career initially as a speaker on abolitionism before he began speaking on other subjects and then branched out into other forms of entertainment including magic. He married Jane Floyd who with their children appeared in his acts. This book concentrates on the relatively unknown period of his life in Britain detailing both how he was received and how he developed as a performer. It is the biography of a brave intelligent individualist who was always willing to learn and to take chances becoming the first black man to achieve landmarks in British law and entertainment.
Title: Henry Box Brown From Slavery To Show Business
Author(s): Chater Kathleen
Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc
Barcode: 9781476679228
Pages: 267 Pages, 22 Photos, Appendix, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Publication Date: 8/31/2020
Category: Slavery & Abolition Of Slavery
