| The Life of Josiah Henson: Formerly a Slave: Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself Contributor(s): Henson, Josiah (Author) |
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ISBN: 1716646634 ISBN-13: 9781716646638 Publisher: Lulu.com OUR PRICE: $27.82 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Social Science | Slavery |
| Dewey: 306.362 |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 6" W x 9" (0.55 lbs) 58 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Josiah Henson (1789-1883) was an author, abolitionist, and minister born into slavery in Charles County, Maryland. In 1830, he escaped to Upper Canada (now Ontario), where he later founded a settlement and laborer's school for other fugitive slaves. His autobiography is a tense, gripping account of how he escaped from his owners, a pair of sadistic, cruelly duplicitous brothers. Henson's life story is said to have inspired the character of the fugitive slave, George Harris, in Uncle Tom's Cabin. |