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The Life of Josiah Henson
Josiah Henson
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By means of the influence thus acquired, the increased amount of work done upon the farm, and by the detection of the knavery of the overseer, who plundered his employer for more selfish ends, and through my watchfulness was caught in the act and dismissed, I was promoted to be superintendent of the farm work, and managed to raise more than double the crops, with more cheerful and willing labor, than was ever seen on the estate before.
Previous to my attaining this important station, however, an incident occurred of so powerful an influence on my intellectual development, my prospect of improvement in character, as well as condition, my chance of religious culture, and in short, on my whole nature, body and soul, that it deserves especial notice and commemoration. There was a person living at Georgetown, a few miles only from R.’s plantation, whose busi. . . 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