c. 1822–1913
Biography · Abolition
Josiah Henson
1789–1883
United States / Canada
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Biography
After escaping slavery, Henson established the Dawn Settlement in Canada and wrote a memoir that helped inspire Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
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c. 1818–1895
c. 1797–1883