First published in 1877, Henson was thought to be the inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowes character "Uncle Tom". He recounts his work against slavery in the manual trade movement aimed at rehabilitating escaped Negroes in Canada.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe...
Uncle Tom's Story of His Life: An Autobiography of the Reverend Josiah Henson
This eBook edition of "The True Story of Uncle Tom's Life: Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.
Today, controversy over this melodramatic tale of the dignified slave Tom, the brutal plantation owner Simon Legree, and Stowe's other vividly drawn characters continues, as modern scholars debate the work's newly appreciated feminist ...
Uncle Tom's Story of His Life: An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson (Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom); from...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXX.
Three years before Harriet Beecher Stowe interviewed Josiah Henson and wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, Henson published his life story as a powerful autobiography.
77 E. FIVE DAYS AFTER ROBERT LEE'S SURRENDER TO at around 10:15 p.m. on the evening of Good Friday, the twentysix-year-old Maryland-born stage actor and southern sympathizer John Wilkes Booth walked into Ford's Theatre in Washington, ...
With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of A Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin is both modern and readable. A rare companion piece to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s successful novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
The purpose of the Editor of this little Work, has been to adapt it for the juvenile family circle.