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- Title
"Death or Liberty": Henry Box Brown "Personificating" Himself in Edward Gascoigne Burton's The Fugitive Free and The Nubian Captive.
- Authors
MURRAY, HANNAH-ROSE
- Abstract
In 1857, Henry Box Brown starred in Edward Gascoigne Burton's The Fugitive Free and The Nubian Captive, two "slave dramas" based on his life. His performance inevitably infused both with an antislavery message: in a radical departure from conventional black abolitionist strategies of resistance in the British Isles, the plays change our understanding of British anti-slavery, of Brown, and of black British performance in general. Despite his short acting career, Brown should be placed alongside fellow African American actors like Ira Aldridge for his integral role in challenging the white racial schema on the Victorian stage.
- Subjects
BRITISH Isles; AFRICAN American actors; FUGITIVES from justice; LIBERTY; SLAVERY
- Publication
Journal of American Studies, 2021, Vol 55, Issue 5, p1071
- ISSN
0021-8758
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0021875820001747