The Life of Josiah Henson: Formerly a Slave (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781365769696)

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
ISBN-10: 1365769690
ISBN-13: 9781365769696
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 02/19/2017
Pages: 46
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.18lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.11d