Father Henson's Story of His Own Life
by Josiah Henson
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About this eBook
- Author
- Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883
- Title
- Father Henson's Story of His Own Life Truth Stranger Than Fiction
- Credits
- Produced by Cindy Horton, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)
- Subject
- Clergy -- Canada -- Biography
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 49129
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49129
- Release Date
- June 3, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.FATHER HENSON'S STORY OF HIS OWN LIFE.
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.CHAPTER I. MY BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD.
- 5.CHAPTER II. MY FIRST GREAT TRIAL.
- 6.CHAPTER III. MY BOYHOOD AND YOUTH.
- 7.CHAPTER IV. MY CONVERSION.
- 8.CHAPTER V. MAIMED FOR LIFE.
- 9.CHAPTER VI. A RESPONSIBLE JOURNEY.
- 10.CHAPTER VII. A NEW HOME.
- 11.CHAPTER VIII. RETURN TO MARYLAND.
- 12.CHAPTER IX. TAKEN SOUTH, AWAY FROM WIFE AND CHILDREN.
- 13.CHAPTER X. A TERRIBLE TEMPTATION.
- 14.CHAPTER XI. PROVIDENTIAL DELIVERANCE.
- 15.CHAPTER XII. ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE.
- 16.CHAPTER XIII. JOURNEY TO CANADA.
- 17.CHAPTER XIV. NEW SCENES AND A NEW HOME.
- 18.CHAPTER XV. LIFE IN CANADA.
- 19.CHAPTER XVI. CONDUCTING SLAVES TO CANADA.
- 20.CHAPTER XVII. SECOND JOURNEY ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
- 21.CHAPTER XVIII. HOME AT DAWN.
- 22.CHAPTER XIX. LUMBERING OPERATIONS.
- 23.CHAPTER XX. VISIT TO ENGLAND.
- 24.CHAPTER XXI. THE WORLD'S FAIR IN LONDON.
- 25.CHAPTER XXII. VISITS TO THE RAGGED SCHOOLS.
- 26.CHAPTER XXIII. CLOSING UP MY LONDON AGENCY.
- 27.CHAPTER XXIV. CLOSING CHAPTER.
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