Excerpt from Josiah, the Maimed Fugitive: A True TaleAmerica, as elsewhere, followed the fortunes of the mother, and Josiah's mother being the property of m'pherson, her child likewise became his Slave m'pherson was one of a class by no means uncom mon amongst Slaveholders. A man of good generous impulses, liberal, jovial, and hearty, he was far more kind to his Slaves than the planters generally were, never suffering them to be punished or struck by any one. No degree of arbitrary power could ever lead him to forget, like others, the claims of humanity, and exercise cruelty towards his dependents. As the first Negro child ever born to him, Josiah became his pet. He gave him his own Christian name, and added to it the name of Henson,; after an uncle of his, whose memory he revered, and who was an officer in the Revolutionary war.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.