The road to dawn
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"The Road to Dawn tells the improbable story of Josiah Henson, a slave who spent forty-two years in pre-Civil War bondage in the American South and eventually escaped with his wife and four young children, travelling 600 miles and eventually settling with his family as a free man across the border in Canada. Once there, Henson rescued 118 more slaves and purchased land to build what would become one of the final stops on the Underground Railroad, a 500-person freeman settlement called Dawn. He was immortalized by Harriet Beecher Stowe in her 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin."—Provided by publisher.
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Refugees from Slavery: Autobiographies of Fugitive Slaves in Canada Shares African American, biography, fugitive slaves -
Unsung Shares African American, history united states, fugitive slaves -
Harriet Tubman and the Fight for Freedom Shares African American, fugitive slaves, biography -
Autobiography of a fugitive negro : his anti-slavery labours in the United States, Canada & England Shares fugitive slaves, biography, slaves
