Truth Stranger Than Fiction (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)
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Truth Stranger Than Fiction (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

Father Henson's Story of His Own Life

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Truth Stranger Than Fiction (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

Father Henson's Story of His Own Life

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Truth Stranger Than Fiction: Father Henson's Story of His Own Life stands as a remarkable narrative on its own merits, but even more significant is its relationship to Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. It is strange that the inspiration for a character whose name is a contemporary curse is based on an escaped slave, one-time soldier, preacher, founder of an independent black settlement, and slave-narrative writer. Unlike Stowe's derivative character, Henson seized his freedom, made a life for himself in Canada, and freed fellow slaves before publishing his life story and taking the cause of the slaves and fugitives to England and before Queen Victoria herself.

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Publisher
Barnes & Noble
Year
2009
ISBN
9781411430716
Topic
Sozialwissenschaften
Subtopic
Sozialwissenschaftliche Biographien

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Introduction
  4. PREFACE
  5. CHAPTER ONE - MY BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD
  6. CHAPTER TWO - MY FIRST GREAT TRIAL
  7. CHAPTER THREE - MY BOYHOOD AND YOUTH
  8. CHAPTER FOUR - MY CONVERSION
  9. CHAPTER FIVE - MAIMED FOR LIFE
  10. CHAPTER SIX - A RESPONSIBLE JOURNEY
  11. CHAPTER SEVEN - A NEW HOME
  12. CHAPTER EIGHT - RETURN TO MARYLAND
  13. CHAPTER NINE - TAKEN SOUTH, AWAY FROM WIFE AND CHILDREN
  14. CHAPTER TEN - A TERRIBLE TEMPTATION
  15. CHAPTER ELEVEN - PROVIDENTIAL DELIVERANCE
  16. CHAPTER TWELVE - ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE
  17. CHAPTER THIRTEEN - JOURNEY TO CANADA
  18. CHAPTER FOURTEEN - NEW SCENES AND A NEW HOME
  19. CHAPTER FIFTEEN - LIFE IN CANADA
  20. CHAPTER SIXTEEN - CONDUCTING SLAVES TO CANADA
  21. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - SECOND JOURNEY ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
  22. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - HOME AT DAWN
  23. CHAPTER NINETEEN - LUMBERING OPERATIONS
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY - VISIT TO ENGLAND
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - THE WORLD’S FAIR IN LONDON
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO - VISITS TO THE RAGGED SCHOOLS
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE - CLOSING UP MY LONDON AGENCY
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR - CLOSING CHAPTER
  29. ENDNOTES
  30. SUGGESTED READING