-Former slave Henry "Box" Brown, the central figure in this image, attracted many supporters of abolition to his speaking engagements because he .
A) mailed himself to freedom in a box
B) hid in a box while Southern patrollers searched for him
C) spoke from the top of a box at his events
D) used boxes to ship other slaves to freedom in the North

Question

-Former slave Henry "Box" Brown, the central figure in this image, attracted many supporters of abolition to his speaking engagements because he .
A) mailed himself to freedom in a box 
B) hid in a box while Southern patrollers searched for him 
C) spoke from the top of a box at his events 
D) used boxes to ship other slaves to freedom in the North

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Henry "Box" Brown famously mailed himself to freedom in a box from Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1849, becoming a notable example of the lengths to which slaves would go to escape bondage.

-Former Slave Henry "Box" Brown, the Central Figure in This