In 1830 slave Josiah Henson escaped from Charles County, Maryland, to Upper Canada where he founded a settlement and laborer's school for other fugitive slaves.His autobiography, the full title of which is The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself, inspired the character of George Harris in Uncle Tom's Cabin.
In 1830 slave Josiah Henson escaped from Charles County, Maryland, to Upper Canada where he founded a settlement and laborer's school for other fugitive slaves.His autobiography, the full title of which is The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself, inspired the character of George Harris in Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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