The Life of Josiah Henson - An Inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe''s Uncle Tom

Informationen zum Autor Josiah Henson (1789-1883) was an author, abolitionist, and minister. Born into slavery in Charles County, Maryland, he escaped to Upper Canada (now Ontario) in 1830 and founded a settlement and laborer's school for other fugitive slaves. Klappentext 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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• Authors: Josiah Henson
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.02.2016
• EAN: 9780486800455
• ISBN: 978-0-486-80045-5
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: Thrift Editions; Dover Thrift Editions: Black H
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries