NMLP P-035934 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-09

The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself

Josiah Henson · Arthur D. Phelps (Boston) · 1849

It is a slim narrative of iv, 76 pages, opening with an unsigned 'Advertisement' vouching for the authenticity of Henson's account, since he was not yet literate when it was dictated

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-035934 for "The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself" by Josiah Henson (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-035934, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).