2024-07-21 01:19:51
His wife was sold against his wishes and when he escaped, he had no way of locating her or affording her freedom. He couldn't risk re-enslavement by staying in the US to search, so he left & only remarried a decade later. There is no record he was offered the chance to buy her [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(8-1-0) Author
2024-07-21 05:31:10
OP is factually correct. Henry Brown did in fact refuse to buy back his wife's freedom, after being offered by the slaveowner holding her. Brown's legacy is not one looked upon favorably by abolitionists, historic and contemporary. The politics of Brown's escape: [Link] Further: [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(0-0-0) Author