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Josiah Henson. Father Henson's Story of His Own Life
Father Henson's Story of His Own Life
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. MY BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER II. MY FIRST GREAT TRIAL
CHAPTER III. MY BOYHOOD AND YOUTH
CHAPTER IV. MY CONVERSION
CHAPTER V. MAIMED FOR LIFE
CHAPTER VI. A RESPONSIBLE JOURNEY
CHAPTER VII. A NEW HOME
CHAPTER VIII. RETURN TO MARYLAND
CHAPTER IX. TAKEN SOUTH, AWAY FROM WIFE AND CHILDREN
CHAPTER X. A TERRIBLE TEMPTATION
CHAPTER XI. PROVIDENTIAL DELIVERANCE
CHAPTER XII. ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE
CHAPTER XIII. JOURNEY TO CANADA
CHAPTER XIV. NEW SCENES AND A NEW HOME
CHAPTER XV. LIFE IN CANADA
CHAPTER XVI. CONDUCTING SLAVES TO CANADA
CHAPTER XVII. SECOND JOURNEY ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
CHAPTER XVIII. HOME AT DAWN
CHAPTER XIX. LUMBERING OPERATIONS
CHAPTER XX. VISIT TO ENGLAND
CHAPTER XXI. THE WORLD'S FAIR IN LONDON
CHAPTER XXII. VISITS TO THE RAGGED SCHOOLS
CHAPTER XXIII. CLOSING UP MY LONDON AGENCY
CHAPTER XXIV. CLOSING CHAPTER
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Josiah Henson
Truth Stranger Than Fiction
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CHAPTER XXIV. CLOSING CHAPTER.
The character of Riley, the master whom I faithfully served for many years, is by no means an uncommon one in any part of the world; the evil is, that a domestic institution should anywhere put it in the power of such a one to tyrannize over his fellow beings, and inflict so much needless misery as is sure to be inflicted by such a man in such a position. Coarse and vulgar in his habits, unprincipled and cruel in his general deportment, and especially addicted to the vice of licentiousness, his slaves had little opportunity for relaxation from wearying labor, were supplied with the scantiest means of sustaining their toil by necessary food, and had no security for personal rights. The natural tendency of slavery is to convert the master into a tyrant, and the slave into the cringing, treacherous, false, and thieving victim of tyranny. Riley and his slaves were no exception to the general rule, but might be cited as apt illustrations of the nature of the relation.
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