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"Uncle Tom's story of his life" an autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson (Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom") : from 1789 to 1876
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"Only authorised edition, and copyright."Includes index.Electronic reproduction.digitizedThe online edition of this book in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by the Emory University Digital Library Publications Program.Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library copy has presentation inscription: Dr Barnardo. With the Editor's regards; has inscription: Presented to Dr. Thomas John Barnardo (1845-1905), founder of Barnardo's Homes. Josiah Henson was probably a close relation of Lemuel Henson- who, as a member of Peary's expedition was the first man to reach the North Pole. Peary followed 45 minutes later. Cedric Dover. 1954; has newspaper clipping relating to Henson pasted in; from the library of Cedric Dover.Record Contributed By
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Josiah Henson
American crusader and minister
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Early life
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Josiah Henson (1789-1883) was born into slavery in Charles County, Maryland, on a farm owned by Francis Newman. As a child, he was sold to Isaac Riley, who later appointed him superintendent of the farm at an unusually young age because of Henson's strength and intelligence. At age twenty-two Henson married a slave woman whose name remains unknown. They had twelve children, four while enslaved. Henson showed extreme loyalty to Riley who, in turn, entrusted him with exceptional responsibilities and allowed him to become a preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church. However, when Henson attempted to buy his freedom, Riley cheated him and made plans to sell him south. Fearing separation from his family, Henson fled north with his wife and children the summer of 1830. After passing through Ohio and New York, they settled in Dresden, Ontario, Canada. Henson became a preacher and a leader in the Afro-Canadian community, and he traveled back into the United States to help other slaves escape. Henson also served the British as a captain of Afro-Canadian volunteers in the Canadian Rebellions of 1837-1838, two uprisings in which the colonies of Lower and Upper Canada were in conflict over political reform. He founded the British American Institute in 1842, an Afro-Canadian community an