This 1876 version of Josiah Henson's autobiography, the first of many editions issued by British editor John Lobb, followed the original 1849 edition and a much-expanded 1858 version.
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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.
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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 ...
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 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.
Uncle Tom's Story of His Life: An Autobiography of the Reverend Josiah Henson
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, ...