Henry Box Brown - Legacy

Legacy

The Resurrection of Henry Box Brown at Philadelphia, a lithograph by Samuel Rowse, depicted Henry Brown emerging from the shipping box into freedom in Philadelphia. The lithograph was published to help raise funds to produce Brown's anti-slavery panorama. One of only three known originals is preserved in the collection of the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond.

There is a monument to Henry "Box" Brown along the Canal Walk in downtown Richmond, Virginia in the form of a metal reproduction of the box in which Brown escaped.

In 2005, Brown was the subject of a Tony Kushner play entitled Henry Box Brown. Thomas Bradshaw's play "Southern Promises", produced at P.S. 122 in New York City in 2008, features a character inspired by Brown.

Ellen Levine wrote a children's picture book entitled Henry's Freedom Box based upon Brown's life. The book, published in 2007, was illustrated by Kadir Nelson and was awarded the Caldecott Honor.

A historical fiction book on Henry Brown was published in 2011 called The Disappearing Man, written by Doug Peterson.

A biography of Henry Box Brown was published in 2003, The Unboxing of Henry Brown, by Jeffrey Ruggles.

Another children's picture book, Freedom Song: The Story of Henry "Box" Brown, written by Sally M. Parker and illustrated by Sean Qualls, was published in 2012.

In 2012, Louisa County set a historical marker honoring Henry Box Brown and his escape from slavery.