Uncle Tom's Story of His Life: An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson The True Life Story Behind "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

"Uncle Tom's Story of His Life" is a slave narrative written by Josiah Henson, who would later become famous for being the basis of the title character from Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. The narrative provides a detailed description of his life as a slave in the south. Josiah Henson (1789-1883) was an author, abolitionist, and minister. Born into slavery, in Port Tobacco, 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, Upper Canada, of British Canada. Contents: • My Birth and Childhood • My First Great Trial • My Boyhood and Youth • My Conversion • Maimed for Life • A Responsible Journey • A New Home • Return to Maryland • Taken South, Away From Wife and Children • A Terrible Temptation • Providential Deliverance • Escape From Bondage • Journey to Canada • New Scenes and a New Home • Life in Canada • Conducting Slaves to Canada • Second Journey on the Underground Railroad • Home at Dawn • Lumbering Operations • Visit to England • The World's Fair in London • Visits to the Ragged Schools • Closing Up My London Agency