Uncle Tom's Story of His Life: An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson
The True Life Story Behind "Uncle Tom's Cabin"By Josiah Henson
Length3h 56m
About this audiobook
"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
Audiobook details
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GenreBiography and Memoir
Length3 hrs 56 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 10, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Uncle Tom's Story of His Life: An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson
2PREFACE
3CHAPTER I MY BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD
4CHAPTER II MY FIRST GREAT TRIAL
5CHAPTER III MY BOYHOOD AND YOUTH
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6CHAPTER IV MY CONVERSION
7CHAPTER V MAIMED FOR LIFE
8CHAPTER VI A RESPONSIBLE JOURNEY
9CHAPTER VII A NEW HOME
10CHAPTER VIII RETURN TO MARYLAND
11CHAPTER IX TAKEN SOUTH, AWAY FROM WIFE AND CHILDREN
12CHAPTER X A TERRIBLE TEMPTATION
13CHAPTER XI PROVIDENTIAL DELIVERANCE
14CHAPTER XII ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE
15CHAPTER XIII JOURNEY TO CANADA
16CHAPTER XIV NEW SCENES AND A NEW HOME
17CHAPTER XV LIFE IN CANADA
18CHAPTER XVI CONDUCTING SLAVES TO CANADA
19CHAPTER XVII SECOND JOURNEY ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
20CHAPTER XVIII HOME AT DAWN
21CHAPTER XIX LUMBERING OPERATIONS
22CHAPTER XX VISIT TO ENGLAND
23CHAPTER XXI THE WORLD'S FAIR IN LONDON
24CHAPTER XXII VISITS TO THE RAGGED SCHOOLS
25CHAPTER XXIII CLOSING UP MY LONDON AGENCY
26CHAPTER XXIV CLOSING CHAPTER
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