Escape Archives - Consciousness.co.za Magazine https://consciousness.co.za/tag/escape/ Arts and African History Thu, 02 Apr 2015 20:36:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 5 Unbelievable and Ingenious Ways Enslave Blacks Escaped Slavery https://consciousness.co.za/5-unbelievable-ingenious-ways-enslave-blacks-escaped-slavery/ https://consciousness.co.za/5-unbelievable-ingenious-ways-enslave-blacks-escaped-slavery/#respond Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:24:50 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=8477 Source: http://atlantablackstar.com Henry “Box” Brown Mails Himself Out of Slavery In 1849 an enslaved man in Virginia by the name of Henry Brown managed to escape slavery by mailing himself to freedom. Brown crammed himself in a small crate that was only 3 feet long and 2 feet wide. Standing at 5’8, getting into the [...]

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