Henry Box Brown

American magician, illusionist, actor and former slave

Person human Q3132652

Henry Box Brown, Charles Stearns · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

16 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[12]
Date of birth: 1815
Date of death: June 15, 1897
Place of birth: Virginia, Louisa County^[9]
Place of death: Toronto
Country of citizenship: United States^[10]
Ethnic group: African Americans^[11]
Occupation: autobiographer, abolitionist, writer, docent
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[17]
Described by source: People of the Underground Railroad: a biographical dictionary^[16]
Different from: Henry B. Brown^[18]
Family name: Box, Brown^[13]^[14]
Given name: Henry^[15]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject African diaspora^[20]
Social classification: slave^[19]

🏷️ Also known as

en Henry Box Brown en Henry Brown en H. B. Brown en Henry "Box" Brown ar هنري بوكس براون de Henry Brown fr Henry Brown he הנרי "בוקס" בראון ja ヘンリー・ボックス・ブラウン pt Henry Brown sv HBB

🔖 Identifiers · 20

ISNI: 0000000077794399
VIAF cluster ID: 46660315
Library of Congress authority ID: n2014029210
GND ID: 141162996
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 16082569g
BlackPast.org ID: african-american-history/brown-henry-box-1816-1889
CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp01401376
Encyclopedia Virginia ID: Brown_Henry_Box_ca_1815
FAST ID: 1809898
Freebase ID: /m/023q6w
IdRef ID: 076729176
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987013781376205171

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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 151502579
Notable Names Database ID: 121/000109791
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID: 99122
Project Gutenberg author ID: 53134
SNAC ARK ID: w6zs38pv
WikiTree person ID: Brown-145574
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJm4WYrjQXtmrG7H9cWFKd
Yale LUX ID: person/e45fc3c5-d585-4492-86f7-0df061aaae9d

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Place of birth 2

Virginia, Louisa County

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Ethnic group 1

African Americans

Family name 1

Brown

Given name 1

Henry

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Occupation 1

autobiographer

Place of death 1

Toronto

Sex or gender 1

male

Social classification 1

slave

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Summary

Henry Box Brown was born on 1815^[1] in Virginia^[2]. He died on June 15, 1897^[3], in Toronto^[4]. He worked as an autobiographer^[5], abolitionist^[6], writer^[7], and docent^[8].

FAQs

Where was Henry Box Brown born?

Henry Box Brown was born in Virginia^[2].

Where did Henry Box Brown die?

Henry Box Brown died in Toronto^[4].

What did Henry Box Brown do for work?

Henry Box Brown worked as an autobiographer^[5], abolitionist^[6], writer^[7], and docent^[8].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Henry Box Brown — place of birth (P19): Virginia. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Henry Box Brown — place of birth (P19): Louisa County. docsouth.unc.edu. docsouth.unc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Henry Box Brown — place of death (P20): Toronto. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Henry Box Brown — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Henry Box Brown — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Henry Box Brown — occupation (P106): autobiographer. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Henry Box Brown — occupation (P106): abolitionist. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Henry Box Brown — occupation (P106): writer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Henry Box Brown — occupation (P106): docent. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Henry Box Brown — ethnic group (P172): African Americans. BlackPast.org. encyclopediavirginia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Henry Box Brown — date of birth (P569): 1815. CERL Thesaurus. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Henry Box Brown — date of death (P570): June 15, 1897. encyclopediavirginia.org. encyclopediavirginia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Henry Box Brown — family name (P734): Box. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Henry Box Brown — family name (P734): Brown. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Henry Box Brown — given name (P735): Henry. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Henry Box Brown — described by source (P1343): People of the Underground Railroad: a biographical dictionary. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Henry Box Brown — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Henry Box Brown — different from (P1889): Henry B. Brown. oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2022-08-14. oac.cdlib.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Henry Box Brown — social classification (P3716): slave. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Henry Box Brown — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): WikiProject African diaspora. wikidata.org.

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8d ago · Seandalt · 2026-10-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Project Gutenberg author ID → 53134

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National Library of Israel J9U ID → 987013781376205171

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23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Occupation → autobiographer, abolitionist, writer +1

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Occupation → autobiographer, abolitionist, writer +1

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25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Place of birth → Virginia, Louisa County

Described by source → People of the Underground Railroad: a biographical dictionary

Ethnic group → African Americans

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