Henry Box Brown was a 19th-century Virginia slave who escaped to freedom at the age of 33 by arranging to have himself mailed in a wooden crate in 1849 to abolitionists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Narrative of Henry Box Brown (1849)
The Resurrection of Henry Box Brown at Philadelphia, a lithograph by Samuel Rowse published in 1850
Louisa County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,596. The county seat is Louisa.
Louisa County Courthouse
St. John's Chapel, near Boswells Tavern, Louisa County, Historic American Buildings Survey
Cooper Vineyards in Louisa is the first winery on the East Coast and the second in the country to be awarded the fourth and highest, Platinum certification by Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
A local train of the Buckingham Branch railroad passes the C&O Depot and water tower in Louisa.