{"product_id":"henry-box-brown-9781476679228","title":"Henry Box Brown","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments v\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Note on the Name vi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrologue 9\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAct 1: Liberty 31\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScene 1: A New Land, a New Life 31\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScene 2: Wolverhampton, 1852 59\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScene 3: New Directions 80\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAct 2: Partnership 95\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScene 4: Love in the West Country 95\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScene 5: More New Directions 111\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAct 3: Magic 145\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScene 6: Goodbye to Enslavement 145\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScene 7: A Home in Manchester 172\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue 185\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix: Timeline of Henry Box Brown's Life 201\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes 229\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography 249\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex 255\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040466108759,"sku":"9781476679228","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476679228.jpg?v=1750946846","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/henry-box-brown-9781476679228","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}