Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Henry Brown knew nothing but slavery for most of his life.

Despite his upbringing on the hermitage plantation in Virginia, Henry had a surprisingly positive

outlook on life.

He appreciated nature and enjoyed showing the children on the plantation, the flowers

that grew there.

He was a religious man, with a whole lot of faith in a world that had done him so much

wrong.

Henry's faith brought him to Nancy, another slave, and the two of them got married and had

three children of their own.

He'd been making regular payments to his wife's master as a way of keeping him from

selling her and the children off, but the master had other ideas.

There was more money in selling Nancy and the kids to the highest bidder than there was

in taking Henry's meager payments, so the master separated the family, leaving Henry

despondent and alone.

You might think something like that would break Henry's faith in people, but it didn't.

In fact, he was about to take the biggest leap of faith in his life with the help of

two men who had a plan.

After the loss of his family, Henry knew he had to get out.

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