The Henson, Josiah 1789-1883 creator Eliot, Samuel Atkins 1798-1862 text utu 2016 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_Josiah_Henson,_Formerly_a_Slave,_Now_an_Inhabitant_of_Canada,_as_Narrated_by_Himself Release date is 2016-11-26 Produced by Cindy Horton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Original publication data not identified Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography African Americans -- Biography Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883 Fugitive slaves -- Canada -- Biography Black people -- Canada -- Biography Clergy -- Canada -- Biography E300 Original publication data not identified 11021827 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53609 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53609 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134233.0 53609