Josiah Henson
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 141 years ago |
Date of birth | June 15,1789 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Charles County |
Maryland | |
United States | |
Date of died | May 5,1883 |
Died | Dresden |
Canada | |
Spouse | Nancy Henson |
Place of burial | Ontario, Canada |
Nationality | American |
Canadian | |
Founded | British-American Institute |
Books | The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself |
"Uncle Tom's story of his life" | |
An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson | |
Hanes Bywyd Uncle Tom Ganddo Ef Ei Hun: Bywgraffiad Y Parch Josiah Henson | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 675989 |
Josiah Henson Life story
Josiah Henson was an author, abolitionist, and minister. Born into slavery, in Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland, he escaped to Upper Canada in 1830, and founded a settlement and laborer's school for other fugitive slaves at Dawn, near Dresden, in Kent County, Upper Canada, of Ontario.