Josiah Henson
Sign in to saveauthor, abolitionist, and minister; born into slavery, in Port Tobacco, Charles Co., Maryland, he escaped to Upper Canada (now Ontario) in 1830
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Within Vinony's link graph, Josiah Henson is referenced by 281 other articles, and connects out to fugitive slaves in United States, Andreas Matthäus Wolfgang and Kentucky.
Vinony files it under 1789 births, 1883 deaths and 18th-century American slaves.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1789
- Died
- 1883
- Works
- 18
Top works
- The life of Josiah Henson, formerly a slave
- Truth Stranger Than Fiction
- Slavery in the South
- Father Henson's Story of His Own Life
- The Rev. Josiah Henson, "Uncle Tom," in Scotland
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1971-12-25
composergamescoresoundtrackvgmvideo game
Discography
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Josiah
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Charles County
- Place of death
- Dresden
- Occupation
- military officer
- Religion
- Methodism
- Conflict
- Rebellions of 1837
- Image
- Josiah Henson bw.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1789-06-15
- Commons category
- Josiah Henson
- date of death
- 1883-05-05
- social classification
- slave
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- P8168
- 9P
- P9315
- Collana Municipality
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Categories
1789 births1883 deaths18th-century American slaves19th-century American slavesAbolitionists from MarylandAfrican-American abolitionistsAmerican emigrants to pre-Confederation OntarioAmerican FreemasonsBlack Canadian non-fiction writersCanadian autobiographersCanadian FreemasonsCanadian Militia officersCanadian people of African-American descentFugitive American slaves that reached CanadaMethodist abolitionistsMethodist ministersPeople enslaved in MarylandPeople from Chatham-KentPeople from Port Tobacco Village, MarylandPersons of National Historic Significance (Canada)Pre-Confederation Ontario peopleSlave cabins and quarters in the United StatesUncle Tom's CabinUpper Canada Rebellion people