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.

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“死亡或自由”：亨利·博克斯·布朗在爱德华·加斯科因·伯顿的《自由逃亡者》和《努比亚俘虏》中“拟人化”自己

1857年，亨利·博克斯·布朗主演了爱德华·加斯科因·伯顿的逃犯免费和努比亚俘虏，两部以他的人生为题材的“奴隶剧”。他的表演不可避免地注入了反奴隶制的信息：与不列颠群岛传统的黑人废奴主义抵抗策略截然不同，这些戏剧改变了我们对英国反奴隶制、布朗和英国黑人表演的理解。尽管他的演艺生涯短暂，但布朗应该与艾拉·奥尔德里奇等非裔美国演员并肩作战，因为他在挑战维多利亚时代舞台上的白人种族模式方面发挥了不可或缺的作用。