The road to dawn, Josiah Henson and the story that sparked the Civil War, Jared Brock
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Label
The road to dawn, Josiah Henson and the story that sparked the Civil War, Jared Brock
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-522)
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
platesillustrationsmaps
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The road to dawn
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1044776224
Responsibility statement
Jared Brock
Series statement
Thorndike Press large print Bill's bookshelf
Sub title
Josiah Henson and the story that sparked the Civil War
Summary
A dynamic, driven man of intelligence and unyielding principles, Josiah Henson overcame incredible odds to escape with his family from forty-one years in bondage. He then worked to improve the lives of hundreds of freedmen throughout his long life. Henson found international fame--including visits to Windsor Castle and the White House--as the real "Uncle Tom" of the novel that fueled the abolitionist movement and ignited the Civil War. After being all but lost to history for over a century, The Road to Dawn tells his incredible story
Table Of Contents
Port Tobacco -- The wounded leader -- Kentucky bound -- Double cross -- Murder and providence -- The great escape -- The struggle for light -- The Great Exhibition -- The real Uncle Tom -- Homecoming -- Epilogue -- A clarion call