Josiah Henson
(1789-1883)

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The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, As Narrated By Himself (Boston: 1849)
Advertisement: The Life of Josiah Henson (Boston Daily Atlas, June 18, 1849)
Josiah Henson -- Caution (The Liberator, April 11, 1851, 60)
Emigration of Colored People to Jamaica (The Liberator, Oct. 24, 1851)
Exposed at Last (The Liberator, May 22, 1857, 84)
A Grateful Acknowledgement (Boston Daily Advertiser, March 24, 1875)
The Original "Uncle Tom" (Chicago Daily Inter Ocean, June 16, 1876)
The Original Uncle Tom: Mr. Henson Describes His Interview With Queen Victoria (St. Louis Globe Democrat, March 27, 1877, 2)
"Uncle Tom" no one in particular (St. Louis Globe Democrat, June 3, 1877, 9)
A Chat With the Hero of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (St. Louis Globe Democrat, July 8, 1878, 2)
The "Original" Uncle Tom (Los Angeles Daily Times, Aug. 27, 1882)
Mrs. Stowe's Uncle Tom (The Milwaukee Sentinel, May 7, 1883)
The Original "Uncle Tom": Death of Rev. Josiah Henson at Dresden, Ont. (San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, May 26, 1883)
The Many Original Uncle Toms (Chicago Daily Inter Ocean, Dec. 4, 1895, 3)
Was he the Original Uncle Tom? (Chicago Daily Inter Ocean, July 25, 1896)