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Father Henson's Story of His Own Life
Josiah Henson
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Notwithstanding this system of management I grew to be a robust and vigorous lad. At fifteen years of age there were few who[Pg 19] could compete with me in work or sport. I was as lively as a young buck, and running over with animal spirits. I could run faster, wrestle better, and jump higher than anybody about me, and at an evening shakedown in our own or a neighbor's kitchen, my feet became absolutely invisible from the rate at which they moved. All this caused my master and my fellow slaves to look upon me as a wonderfully smart fellow, and prophecy the great things I should do when I became a man. My vanity became vastly inflamed, and I fully coincided in their opinion. Julius Cæsar never aspire. . . Read More
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Wow! An incredible read! Not only is this a powerful story relating one man’s amazing journey to attain for his family and himself true and complete independence starting from slavery’s horrible conditions, it’s an impressive account of maintaining uprightness and integrity within one’s very soul ag
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After reading Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, I learned that the character Uncle Tom was based on Josiah Henson, so I wanted to read his autobiography. Many of the incidents in the novel coincide with events in the novel, but I was very happy that Josiah was able to make the journey with
Suffering from its unfortunate brevity, this account of the early 19th century slave-turned minister in the AME is otherwise both historically fascinating and spiritually edifying.
The Life of Josiah Henson is not only an interesting slave narrative and the memoir of an important leader of Canada’s black community, but is also an important source of a classic of American popular literature. Josiah Henson’s Life is widely recognized as the inspiration for what of the American n
The guy who would inspire Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom opens his own story with a memory of his father's ear being cut off. Immediately, then, we're shown a world Stowe shied away from. There's no violence on that level in her book.
It ends with another story she chose not to tell. Josiah Henson