User:QBrown01/Henry box brown

Early Life
Henry “Box” Brown was born into slavery in Louisa County, Virginia in 1815. When he was fifteen, he was sent to work at a tobacco factory in Richmond. His life consisted of long days of back-breaking labor, with little chance for rewards or recognition. The loss of his freedom prevented him from living with his wife and four children who were owned by another slave owner on an adjacent plantation. One day in 1848, he heard the tragic news: his wife and children were to be sold to a plantation in North Carolina. He wept as he watched 350 slaves being marched past him on their way to their new home—he had no power to stop it. He only prayed that they would remember him fondly when they looked back years later.