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The Life of Josiah Henson: An Inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom by Josiah Henson

The Life of Josiah Henson: An Inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom Josiah Henson ebook
Format: pdf
ISBN: 9780486800455
Page: 96
Publisher: Dover Publications

While visiting her brother in Boston, Stowe met the Reverend Josiah Henson, an escaped slave. A first edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin, printed by John Jewett of Boston. Henson's 1849 autobiography inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe's landmark novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. Henson wrote the autobiography that inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel that galvanized the abolitionist movement. Autobiography of Josiah Henson: An Inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom (African American) eBook: Josiah Henson: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store. The farm was the home of Josiah Henson, a slave who escaped and wrote the story of his life. The beginnings of Stowe's story were inspired by true events. Autobiography of Josiah Henson: An Inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe's provided much of the material for the revered character in Uncle Tom's Cabin. Josiah Henson was enslaved from 1795 to 1830. NPR coverage of Autobiography of Josiah Henson: An Inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom by Josiah Henson. His autobiography inspired writer Harriet Beecher Stowe to create the to Josiah Henson Park, instead of Riley House/Uncle Tom's Cabin. Josiah Henson gained sudden popularity because his life experiences were an inspiration for Harriet Beecher's 1851 anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.