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  • Biography
  • 2018
  • First edition.

The road to Dawn

Josiah Henson and the story that sparked the Civil War

Jared Brock

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Recounts the story of Josiah Henson, a slave who spent forty-one years in bondage before escaping with his family to Upper Canada. He founded a settlement and laborer's school for other fugitive slaves at Dawn, near Dresden in Kent County, Upper Canada.

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  • Henson, Josiah
  • Slaves--United States--Biography
  • African Americans--Biography
  • Fugitive slaves--United States--Biography
  • Fugitive slaves--Canada--Biography
  • Blacks--Canada--Biography
  • Clergy--Canada--Biography
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Title Statement The road to Dawn: Josiah Henson and the story that sparked the Civil War / Jared A. Brock.
Author Brock, Jared
Publication New York: PublicAffairs,2018.
Edition First edition.
Extent of Item xvi, 287 pages
ISBN 1541773926
9781541773929
Other Number 3356808
General Notes "BBS".
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses.
Summary Recounts the story of Josiah Henson, a slave who spent forty-one years in bondage before escaping with his family to Upper Canada. He founded a settlement and laborer's school for other fugitive slaves at Dawn, near Dresden in Kent County, Upper Canada.
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By Topic Slaves--Biography--United States
African Americans--Biography
Fugitive slaves--Biography--United States
Fugitive slaves--Biography--Canada
Blacks--Biography--Canada
Clergy--Biography--Canada
By Name Henson, Josiah,1789-1883
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