1. A VERY SPECIAL DELIVERY.
- Author
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Cowan, Alison Leigh
- Subjects
FUGITIVE slaves ,SHIPMENT of goods ,FREIGHT & freightage - Abstract
The article focuses on the story of Henry Brown, a slave from Richmond, Virginia who obtained freedom by concealing himself in a box delivered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The box was received by Presbyterian minister and abolitionist James Miller McKim, who told a friend about it but urged him to remain quiet because it might prevent others from escaping in a similar way. After 18 months of Brown's arrival in Philadelphia, the U.S. Congress approved the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which mandated the return of slaves to their masters.
- Published
- 2010