sung by Henry Box Brown, after being released from his confinement in the box at Philadelphia.
Poetry.
Intended to be separated.
Within border of type ornaments.
At head of title wood-engraving of wooden box bearing address label: Philadelphia Pa. rightside up with care and caption: 3 feet and 1 inch long, 2 feet wide, 2 feet and 6 inches high.
Psalm-like poem by man who escaped slavery in a box mailed to Philadelphia.
Place and date of publication suggested because Brown's autobiography was published in Boston in 1849.
With: Song composed by Henry Box Brown on his escape from slavery.
Broadsides are single-sheet publications, often issued as ephemera or announcements. The Harris Broadsides Collection is a comprehensive collection of American poetry published in broadside format from colonial times to the present. The collection offers materials covering a broad spectrum of …
