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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. The autobiography traces Henson's life from his birth into slavery in Maryland in 1789, his escape to Canada in 1830, his participation in the founding of the Dawn Settlement for fugitive slaves in Ontario, and his several trips to England to raise funds for the ...

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Wirkliche Lebensgeschichte des Onkels Tom ist ein unveränderter, hochwertiger Nachdruck der Originalausgabe aus dem Jahr 1878. Hansebooks ist Herausgeber von Literatur zu unterschiedlichen Themengebieten wie Forschung und Wissenschaft, Reisen und Expeditionen, Kochen und Ernährung, Medizin und weiteren Genres. Der Schwerpunkt des Verlages liegt auf dem Erhalt historischer Literatur. Viele Werke historischer Schriftsteller und Wissenschaftler s...

Excerpt from 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, With a Preface The letter which you sent for the Queen through Lord Shaftesbury has been placed in the Queen's hands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important ...

Der Prediger Josiah Henson diente der Autorin Harriet Beecher-Stowe als Vorbild für die Figur des Onkel Tom in ihrem 1852 erschienenen Roman Onkel Toms Hütte. In diesem stellt sie das Schicksal der afroamerikanischen Sklaven und die Grausamkeiten ihrer Besitzer in den 1840er Jahren in den USA dar. Josiah Henson (1789-1883) veröffentlichte 1878 seine Autobiografie und damit die wahre Geschichte des Onkel Tom. Unveränderter Nachdruck der deutsch...

Excerpt from The Life of Josiah Henson: Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada After this brief period of comparative comfort, however, the death of Dr. Mcp. Brought about a revolution in our condition, which, common as such things are in slave countries, can never be imagined by those not subject to them, nor recol lected by those who have been, without emotions of grief and indignation deep and inefiaceable. The doctor was riding fro...

Born into slavery in 1789, Henson escaped to Canada in 1830, founding a settlement and school for other fugitive slaves. In 1849 he published the first version of his autobiography which provided the inspiration for one of the characters in Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. Following the success of Stowe's novel, Henson issued an expanded version of his book in 1858 and nearly two decades later, in 1876, he updated it again. Reprint...

Excerpt from Father Henson's Story of His Own Life The numerous friends of the author of this little work will need no greater recommend ation than his name to make it welcome. Among all the singular and interesting rec ords to which the institution of American sla very has given rise, we know of none more striking, more characteristic and instructive, than that of josiah henson. Born a slave - a slave in effect in a hea then land - and unde...

A Maryland-born slave dictated his life story.

A Maryland-born slave dictated his life story.

Born into slavery on a Maryland farm, Josiah Henson fled with his family to Ontario. Avid readers of his 1849 memoir included Harriet Beecher Stowe, who acknowledged its influence on Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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The character Uncle Tom, from Harriet Beecher Stowe's bestselling novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin, " is based on the life of Josiah Henson (1789-1882). Born in Maryland, Henson escaped and fled to Dresden, Ontario, Canada in 1830. In 1841, a group of abolitionists, including Henson, created a community/school for runaway slaves called the British-American Institute for Fugitive Slaves. On the 200 acre parcel, Henson and his friends built a grist mil...