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Truth stranger than fiction : Father Henson's story of his own life

Title
Truth stranger than fiction : Father Henson's story of his own life / with an introduction by Mrs. H.B. Stowe.
Author
Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883.
Publication
Boston : John P. Jewett and Company ; Cleveland, Ohio : Henry P.B. Jewett, 1858.

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TextRestricted use Sc Rare 326.92-H (Henson, J. Truth stranger than fiction. 1858)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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Additional Authors
  • Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.
  • Jewett, Henry P. B.
  • Freeman, Francis O.
  • John P. Jewett and Company (Boston, Mass.), publisher.
  • Cowles & Company, lithographer.
  • Geo. C. Rand & Avery, printer.
Description
xii, 212 p., [1] leaf of plates : port.; 20 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Autobiographies.
  • Slave narratives.
Note
  • "Lithotyped by Cowles and Company, 17 Washington Street, Boston. Press of Geo. C. Rand & Avery"--t.p. verso.
  • "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1858, by John P. Jewett and Company, in the clerk's office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts."--copyright statement, t.p. verso.
  • Frontispiece portrait signed: Engraved by F.O. Freeman. Boston.
  • First published in 1849 under title: The life of Josiah Henson.
Indexed In (note)
  • Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906
Provenance (note)
  • is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
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 -- Closing chapter.
Call Number
Sc Rare 326.92-H (Henson, J. Truth stranger than fiction. 1858)
OCLC
  • 26341170
  • NYPGR26341170-B
Author
Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883.
Title
Truth stranger than fiction : Father Henson's story of his own life / with an introduction by Mrs. H.B. Stowe.
Imprint
Boston : John P. Jewett and Company ; Cleveland, Ohio : Henry P.B. Jewett, 1858.
Indexed In:
Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 4735
Provenance
Copy in Sc Rare 326.92-H (accession no. B526403) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
Local Note
Researchers are restricted to the microform copy in: Sc Micro R-1438 or to the electronic resource.
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Occupation
African American abolitionists.
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.
John P. Jewett and Company (Boston, Mass.), publisher.
Jewett, Henry P. B., publisher.
Cowles & Company, lithographer.
Geo. C. Rand & Avery, printer.
Freeman, Francis O., engraver.
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
Research Call Number
Sc Rare 326.92-H (Henson, J. Truth stranger than fiction. 1858)
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