Author: BEATTIE, JESSIE L.
Title: Black Moses, the Real Uncle Tom
Description: Toronto, Ryerson Press. 1957, 1st Can Edition. Hardcover. Book, An acount of the life of Josiah Henson, born a slave in Maryland, in 1789 who eventually escaped to Canada. He was involved in assisting other Blacks to leave through the Underground Railroad, establshed the Dawn Settlement and a school in Kent County, Ontario, served in the local Militia, and became respected Methodist MInister. Harriet Beecher Stowe herself stated that " A last instance parallel with that of Uncle Tom is to be found in the published memoirs of the venerable Josiah Henson.now pastor of the missionary settlement at Dawn, in Canada" [The building that was his home during much of his time in the area, from 1841 until his death in 1883 is now the"Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site, Dresden Kent County, Ontario "] 215p. frontis. illus.bibliography . Fine.

Keywords: Black Community in Canada Josiah Henson Dawn Community Dresden Kent County, Ontario Biographies - Canadian


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