Henry Box Brown Song

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Metadata
Content type
Content type
Image
Collection(s)
Collection(s)
Encyclopedia Virginia
Title
Title
Title
Henry Box Brown Song
Resource Type
Resource Type
Image
Description
Description
Printed on this broadside are the lyrics of a song Henry Brown supposedly sang after having had himself shipped from Richmond to Philadelphia in March 1849. This sheet is part of the Printed Ephemera Collection at the Library of Congress.
Local Identifier
Local Identifier
evr8138
Persons
Persons
Laing's Steam Press: Creator (cre)
Genre
Genre
Manuscripts/Texts
Broadside with woodcut
Subject
Subject
Henry Box Brown
Note
Note
Note Type
date/sequential designation
Note
ca. June 1849
Note Type
creation/production credits
Note
Library of Congress American Memory
URL
URL
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem%2Frbpebib%3A%40field%28NUMBER_%40ba…
Restriction on Access
Restriction on Access
Open
Language
English
Name
Henry Box Brown Song
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Width
1993px
Height
2731px
Media Use
Original File
Media of
27749

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