Henry Box Brown

They considered and resolved to try it at all hazards.

Henry Box Brown's sufferings were nothing compared to what these men submitted to during the entire journey.

They reached the house of one of the committee about 3 o'clock a.m. All the way from the wharf, the cold rain poured down in torrents, and they got completely drenched, but their hearts were swelling with joy and gladness unutterable.

From the thick coating of coal dust and the effect of the rain added thereto, all traces of natural appearance were entirely obliterated, and they looked frightful in the extreme.

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The Underground Railroad, Part 1, by William Still.

Section 19, Henry Box Brown.

Arrived by Adams Express.

She also used coffins, um, to escort people out.

So just like Henry "Box" Brown-

Yeah

... another great Philadelphia story that's in the book, you know, they would go into boxes and be ridden into cemeteries and then race out.