The Disappearing Man (The Underground Railroad Series Book 2)

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“Go and get a box and put yourself in it.” Henry Brown heard these words, but he didn’t know if he could believe them. A voice was telling Henry, a slave from Virginia, to climb into a wooden box and mail himself to freedom.

The Disappearing Man is based on a true story—one of the most incredible escapes in the history of the Underground Railroad. In 1849, Henry Brown was placed inside a box and shipped from Richmond to Philadelphia, a harrowing, 27-hour ordeal. For Henry, this was the ultimate disappearing act. He intended to make a man disappear in Richmond and miraculously reappear in Richmond. He aimed to turn a dead man into a living man, a slave into a free man.