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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Brock, Jared.     Subjects     Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883.     Blacks -- Biography.     Blacks -- Canada -- Biography.     Clergy -- Canada -- Biography.     Fugitive slaves -- Canada -- Biography.     Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography.     Slaves -- United States -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Brock, Jared.       by title:      The road to Dawn : J...       by call number:      306.362092 B864r     Search the Web     Brock, Jared.     Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883.     Blacks -- Biography.     Blacks -- Canada -- Biography.     Clergy -- Canada -- Biography.     Fugitive slaves -- Canada -- Biography.     Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography.     Slaves -- United States -- Biography.       MARC Display

The road to Dawn : Josiah Henson and the story that sparked the Civil War / Jared A. Brock. by Brock, Jared. PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group, 2018. Call #: 306.362092 B864r Subjects Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883.   Blacks -- Biography.   Blacks -- Canada -- Biography.   Clergy -- Canada -- Biography.   Fugitive slaves -- Canada -- Biography.   Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography.   Slaves -- United States -- Biography. ISBN:  9781541773929 (hc.) Alternate title:  Josiah Henson and the story that sparked the Civil War Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xvi, 287 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Summary:  "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."--From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 306.362092 B864r Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Sheet Harbour Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 306.362092 B864r Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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