The Escape of Slave from the South to the North in a Wooden Box Thomas Jefferson Era

• Which Slave Mailed Himself to Freedom? Really!

  100 Amazing Facts About the Negro: Find out how a 200-pound man survived the trip in a coffin-like box.

From the Collection of the New-York Historical Society

Editor's Note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these "amazing facts" are an homage.

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