The road to dawn
Subtitle: Josiah Henson and the story that sparked the Civil War
By: Jared Brock
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781541773929
Subjects: Clergy; Fugitive slaves; Blacks; Slaves; African Americans; Biography
Other titles: Josiah Henson and the story that sparked the Civil War
Description: "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."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-287).
Table of contents: title: Port Tobacco; title: The wounded leader; title: Kentucky bound; title: Double cross; title: Murder and providence; title: The great escape; title: The struggle for life; title: The great exhibition; title: The real Uncle Tom; title: Homecoming; title: Epilogue.