The Disappearing Man

Name: The Disappearing Man
Rating: 4.61 (870 reviews)

by Doug Peterson Book 2 in the North-South Series series.

First published 2011

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Henry Brown endures urban slavery in Richmond and the destruction of his family when his wife and children are sold away. With conventional routes blocked, he agrees to an extraordinary plan: he will be sealed inside a wooden shipping crate and sent by express freight to abolitionists in Philadelphia.

The journey subjects Brown to darkness, suffocation, pain and the possibility that rough handling will kill him before the box is opened. Based on Henry “Box” Brown’s life, the novel combines a documented escape with imagined domestic experience, exploring family separation, Christian faith and the psychological resistance required to claim ownership of one’s own body.