The Life of Josiah Henson: Formerly a Slave: Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself

The Life of Josiah Henson: Formerly a Slave: Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself

Josiah Henson

Josiah Henson (June 15, 1789 – May 5, 1883) was an author, abolitionist, and minister. Born into slavery in Charles County, Maryland, he escaped to Upper Canada (now Ontario) in 1830, and founded a settlement and laborer’s school for other fugitive slaves at Dawn, near Dresden in Kent County. Henson’s autobiography, The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself, is widely believed to have inspired the character of the fugitive slave, George Harris, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

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