An edition of The road to dawn (2018)

The road to dawn

Josiah Henson and the story that sparked the Civil War

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The road to dawn
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An edition of The road to dawn (2018)

The road to dawn

Josiah Henson and the story that sparked the Civil War

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"The Road to Dawn tells the improbable story of Josiah Henson, a slave who spent forty-two years in pre-Civil War bondage in the American South and eventually escaped with his wife and four young children, travelling 600 miles and eventually settling with his family as a free man across the border in Canada. Once there, Henson rescued 118 more slaves and purchased land to build what would become one of the final stops on the Underground Railroad, a 500-person freeman settlement called Dawn. He was immortalized by Harriet Beecher Stowe in her 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin."--Provided by publisher.

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PublicAffairs
Language
English
Pages
287

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Subjects

Clergy, Fugitive slaves, Blacks, Slaves, African Americans, Biography, African americans, biography, Fugitive slaves, united states, Canada, biography, Blacks, canada, Clergy, canada, Clergy, biography, HISTORY / United States / General

People

Josiah Henson (1789-1883)

Places

United States, Canada

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The Road to Dawn: Josiah Henson and the Story That Sparked the Civil War
May 15, 2018, Hachette Book Group, Hachette Audio and Blackstone Audio
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The road to dawn: Josiah Henson and the story that sparked the Civil War
2018, PublicAffairs
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Table of Contents

Port Tobacco
The wounded leader
Kentucky bound
Double cross
Murder and providence
The great escape
The struggle for life
The great exhibition
The real Uncle Tom
Homecoming
Epilogue.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-287).

Other Titles
Josiah Henson and the story that sparked the Civil War

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306.3/62092, B
Library of Congress
E444.H526 B76 2018, E444.H526B76 2018

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 287 pages
Number of pages
287

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26952411M
ISBN 10
1541773926
ISBN 13
9781541773929
LCCN
2017056511
OCLC/WorldCat
1023815086

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