The Life of Josiah Henson: Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada
Josiah Henson
Jan 1849 · A. D. Phelps
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"[A] slave narrative written by Josiah Henson, who would later become famous for being the basis of the title character from Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. The Life of Josiah Henson, published in 1849, is Henson's first work but was dictated to Samuel A. Eliot, who was a former Boston Mayor known for his anti-slavery views. Although Henson was an accomplished orator, he had not yet learned to read and write. The narrative provides a detailed description of his life as a slave in the south"--Wikipedia, viewed June 25, 2024.
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February 11, 2012
The life of Josiah Henson is told with a matter of fact narrative that allows the reader to empathise with the aspirations and crises of which the narrators life comprised.
It is also historically significant, having inspired the best selling novel of the 19th century.
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