{"product_id":"uncle-toms-story-of-his-josiah-henson-9788027334148","title":"Uncle Tom's Story of His Life: An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson: The True Life Story Behind Uncle Tom's Cabin","description":"\"Uncle Tom's Story of His Life\" is a slave narrative written by Josiah Henson, who would later become famous for being the basis of the title character from Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. The narrative provides a detailed description of his life as a slave in the south. Josiah Henson (1789-1883) was an author, abolitionist, and minister. Born into slavery, in Port Tobacco, 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, Upper Canada, of British Canada. Contents: - My Birth and Childhood - My First Great Trial - My Boyhood and Youth - My Conversion - Maimed for Life - A Responsible Journey - A New Home - Return to Maryland - Taken South, Away From Wife and Children - A Terrible Temptation - Providential Deliverance - Escape From Bondage - Journey to Canada - New Scenes and a New Home - Life in Canada - Conducting Slaves to Canada - Second Journey on the Underground Railroad - Home at Dawn - Lumbering Operations - Visit to England - The World's Fair in London - Visits to the Ragged Schools - Closing Up My London Agency\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Josiah Henson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8027334144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788027334148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Madison \u0026amp; Adams Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15d","brand":"Josiah Henson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045382648063,"sku":"9788027334148","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_de0b0f78-2e84-4de7-aa96-cfa11fc1ce92.jpg?v=1684978417","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/uncle-toms-story-of-his-josiah-henson-9788027334148","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}