Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Abbreviations for Archives Consulted ix
5. Introduction. The Many Resurrections of Henry Box Brown, the Man Who Mailed Himself to Freedom 1
6. Chapter 1. Slavery and Freedom in US Visual Culture 11
7. Chapter 2. Becoming Box Brown, 1815–1857 58
8. Chapter 3. Performing Fugitivity 112
9. Chapter 4. Performing New Panoramas, Mesmerism, Spiritualism, and Second Sight, England, 1857–1875 132
10. Chapter 5. Canada, the United States, and Beyond 183
11. Chapter 6. The Absent Presence 222
12. Chapter 7. Playing in the Archives 253
13. Coda. The Resilience of Box Brown and the Afterlives of Slavery 291
14. Appendix. Selected Contemporary Creative Works About Henry Box Brown 299
15. Notes 303
16. Index 339