‘uncle Tom’s Story Of His Life.’ An Autobiography Of The Rev. Josiah Henson
£80.00
Publisher
'Christian Age' Office, 82 Farringdon Street.
Place
London
Date
1876
Synopsis
(mrs. harriet beecher stowe's 'uncle tom'). from 1789 to 1876. with a preface by mrs. harriet beecher stowe and an introductory note by george sturge and s. morley, esq., m.p. edited by john lobb. thirtieth thousand.
Item Description
8vo. 7.25 x 5 inches. 236 pp.,includes 4 pp. advertisements. Copy lacks title page, replaced by facsimile. Bound in original decorated pictorial cloth, gilt. All edges gilt. Label of W. Greening, Binder 183 Fleet Street. Front hinge starting to crack and some foxing of rear flyleaf and margins; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 2 engraved portrait frontispieces. Updated and expanded edition (first published 1849) of the Autobiography of the abolitionist, Rev. Josiah Henson (1789-1883). Born a Maryland slave, he escaped to Canada in 1830 and made his home in Dresden, Ontario for the rest of his life. Following the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-96) in 1852, it was claimed that Henson was the real life original of the character of Uncle Tom, but this is disputed, as Stowe used a number of slave lives as a source. Edited by John Lobb (1840-1921), Managing Editor of the Christian Age, the publishers.
[Stock No. 29930]
