Submitted Name Revision History

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7/15/2021, 8:45 PM Frollein Gladys
6/21/2021, 6:21 AM ShioTanbo1

Name Box
Gender Masculine
Usage Afro-American (Slavery-era, Rare)
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

Henry Box Brown (c. 1815 – June 15, 1897) was a 19th-century Virginia slave who escaped to freedom at the age of 33 by arranging to have himself mailed in a wooden crate in 1849 to abolitionists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Added 6/21/2021 by ShioTanbo1