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Elizabeth Hopkinson

Thinking Outside the Box

Published Jul 30, 2019 · 917 words (4 minutes) · 199 views

Historical prizewinning true story 19th century black history

Inspired by a true story. In antebellum Virginia, Henry Brown mailed himself to freedom in a box. But now that he repeats his feat in venues around the world as a conjuring trick, will he ever be free. Second prize winner in the Swanwick Writers' Summer School short story competition, in association with Writing Magazine, 2017.