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Weekly Contest #356
The ‘B’ is for Box To Whom it may concern: I know what they say about me; only some of it is true. Some say I mailed myself to Pennsylvania. Other say I received aid from a free Colored man and a sympathetic shoemaker. Some of it is rooted in truth; the rest is simply a figment of gossip. They call me Henry ‘Box’ Brown, and I have a story to tell. Don’t expect me to get straight to the notorious box, that’ll come later. First, I need you to understand why I’m Henry B. Brown and why the ‘B’ is for Box. Eliza was the most beautiful soul ever ...
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