Black history in Toronto
March 30, 2025
Henry Box Brown mailed himself in a wooden box to seek freedom
Henry “Box” Brown: The Man Who Mailed Himself to FreedomDiscovered at Toronto’s historic Necropolis Cemetery On a damp walk through Toronto’s Necropolis Cemetery, with my glass cross in hand, I came across the eroding gravestone of an extraordinary freedom seeker: Henry “Box” Brown — a man who quite literally boxed his way out of slavery. […]
