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Father Henson’s Story of His Own Life

by Josiah Henson

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — My Birth and Childhood
  3. 3Chapter II — My First Great Trial
  4. 4Chapter III — My Boyhood and Youth
  5. 5Chapter IV — My Conversion
  6. 6Chapter V — Maimed for Life
  7. 7Chapter VI — A Responsible Journey
  8. 8Chapter VII — A New Home
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Return to Maryland
  10. 10Chapter IX — Taken South, Away From Wife and Children
  11. 11Chapter X — A Terrible Temptation
  12. 12Chapter XI — Providential Deliverance
  13. 13Chapter XII — Escape From Bondage
  14. 14Chapter XIII — Journey to Canada
  15. 15Chapter XIV — New Scenes and a New Home
  16. 16Chapter XV — Life in Canada
  17. 17Chapter XVI — Conducting Slaves to Canada
  18. 18Chapter XVII — Second Journey on the Underground Railroad
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — Home at Dawn
  20. 20Chapter XIX — Lumbering Operations
  21. 21Chapter XX — Visit to England
  22. 22Chapter XXI — The World’s Fair in London
  23. 23Chapter XXII — Visits to the Ragged Schools
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — Closing Up My London Agency
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — Closing Chapter

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