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I was born, June 15, 1789, in Charles County, Maryland, on a farm belonging to Mr. Francis N., about a mile from Port Tobacco.
An edition of Father Henson's Story of His Own Life
(1849)
The Life of Josiah Henson
Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada
by Josiah Henson, George Sturge, Eliot, Samuel Atkins, Samuel Eliot, and Eric Ashley Hairston
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Slavery, Condition of slaves, Blacks, Fugitive slaves, Biography, Clergy, Clergy, canada, Henson, josiah, 1789-1883, Fugitive slaves, canada, Blacks, biography, Blacks, canada, Clergy, biography, Personal narratives, Slaves, African American clergy, African American abolitionists, African Americans, Black people, Clergé noir américain, Biographies, Abolitionnistes noirs américains, Esclaves fugitifs, Slaves, united states, African americans, biography, Fugitive slaves, united states, Esclavage, Noirs, Canada, biography, Emancipation, Miscellanea, Slave narratives, Specimens, Plantation life, Slaves' writings, AmericanPeople
Josiah Henson (1789-1883), Josiah Henson, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Uncle Tom (Fictitious character)Places
United States, Canada, États-Unis, Ontario, MarylandTimes
18th century, 19th centuryShowing 10 featured editions. View all 90 editions?
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"I was born, June 15, 1789, in Charles County, Maryland, on a farm belonging to Mr. Francis N., about a mile from Port Tobacco."
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