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The road to dawn : Josiah Henson and the story that sparked the Civil War / Jared Brock.

Summary:

A dynamic, driven man of intelligence and unyielding principles, Josiah Henson overcame incredible odds to escape with his family from forty-one years in bondage. He then worked to improve the lives of hundreds of freedmen throughout his long life. Henson found international fame--including visits to Windsor Castle and the White House--as the real "Uncle Tom" of the novel that fueled the abolitionist movement and ignited the Civil War. After being all but lost to history for over a century, The Road to Dawn tells his incredible story.

Record details

ISBN: 9781432858483
ISBN: 1432858483
Physical Description: 525 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Edition: Large print edition.
Publisher: Farmington Hills, Mich : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-522).
Formatted Contents Note:	Port Tobacco -- The wounded leader -- Kentucky bound -- Double cross -- Murder and providence -- The great escape -- The struggle for light -- The Great Exhibition -- The real Uncle Tom -- Homecoming -- Epilogue -- A clarion call.