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TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION. FATHER HENSONS OWN STORY ,

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TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION. FATHER HENSONS OWN STORY ,

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Title: TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION. FATHER HENSONS OWN STORY , ESCAPED SLAVE LEADS A LIFE DEVOTED TO GOD

Author: Father Henson with Harriet Beecher Stowe Introd.

Publishing Info: Boston,Jewett & Co

Edition: First Edition

Publishing Date: 1858

Additional Information: Truth Stranger Than Fiction : Father Henson's Story Of His Own Life Truth Stranger Than Fiction : Father Henson's Story Of His Own Life 1858 John P. Jewett Co. Publisher, Boston, Introduction by Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe, 212pp, engraved frontis portrait of the author. This book and tale of an escaped slave is the inspiration for Stowe's "Uncle Toms Cabin". Henson was born a slave on a Bethesda Maryland Plantation. He escaped to Canada, became a preacher, aided in the underground railroad, lectured in England. Returned to the states.

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and Rare original brown cloth binding. hinges holding. pages mostly clean. engraved frontis present but foxed at margins. see photos. tall gray rear bldg