The Life of Josiah Henson: Formerly a Slave: Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself by Josiah Henson

The Life of Josiah Henson: Formerly a Slave: Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself

Josiah Henson

46 pages • first pub 1858 (editions)

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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 fugitiv...

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