Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883

URI(s)

• http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50036579

Additional Information

• http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n50036579

• Birth Date

  1789-06-15

• Death Date

  1883-05-05

• Birth Place

  Charles Co. (Md.)

• Associated Language

  English

• Occupation

  African American abolitionists

  Clergy

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++50036579#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• Henson, Josiah
• Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883
• Josiah Henson Label from public data source Wikidata

Sources

• found: His The life of ... 1849.
• found: The Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992:page 426 (Josiah Henson, born in Charles County, Maryland on June 15, 1789 was a runaway slave from Kentucky. Reportedly the basis for Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom in "Uncle Tom's Cabin". He led 18 slaves from Maryland to the Amos Riley farm in Daviess County, Ky. where he became an overseer. Later he became a preacher. He escaped to Canada after he was threatened to be sold. There he founded a community for runaway slaves and became a popular abolitionist speaker. He died on May 5, 1883.)

Instance Of

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Scheme Membership(s)

• Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

• Names Collection - Authorized Headings
• LC Names Collection - General Collection

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• 2023-09-06: revised

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