The Life of Josiah Henson: Formerly a Slave

Josiah Henson (June 15, 1789 - May 5, 1883) was an author, abolitionist, and minister. Born into slavery in Charles County, Maryland, he escaped to Upper Canada (now Ontario) in 1830, and founded a settlement and laborer's school for other fugitive slaves at Dawn, near Dresden in Kent County. Henson's autobiography, The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself (1849), is widely believed to have inspired the character of the fugitive slave, George Harris, in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852).

Author: Josiah Henson
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 02/19/2017
Pages: 46
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d
ISBN13: 9781365769764
ISBN10: 1365769763
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
- History | General

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