The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada by Henson
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"The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada" by Josiah Henson is a slave narrative published in 1849. Dictated to Samuel A. Eliot, this memoir recounts Henson's experiences from childhood through enslavement in Maryland. Born in 1789, Henson witnesses his family's brutal separation and endures plantation life under harsh conditions. A transformative religious awakening reshapes his understanding of his own worth. The narrative would later inspire Harriet
Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," bringing Henson's story to international attention. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Eliot, Samuel Atkins, 1798-1862 |
| LoC No. | 11021827 |
| Title | The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_Josiah_Henson,_Formerly_a_Slave,_Now_an_Inhabitant_of_Canada,_as_Narrated_by_Himself |
| Credits |
Produced by Cindy Horton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 65.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861) |
| Subject | Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography |
| Subject | African Americans -- Biography |
| Subject | Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography |
| Subject | Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883 |
| Subject | Fugitive slaves -- Canada -- Biography |
| Subject | Black people -- Canada -- Biography |
| Subject | Clergy -- Canada -- Biography |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 53609 |
| Release Date | Nov 26, 2016 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 381 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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