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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--NARRATIVES.) HENSON, FATHER JOSIAH. Truth Stranger than Fiction, an Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson, Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'Uncle Tom." 335 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Henson, and additional illustrations. 8vo, original gilt-pictorial brick-red cloth; front inner hinge repaired, some light wear to the spine extremities with no loss of cloth; 1881 penciled ownership on the front paste-down. Boston, 1879
first edition thus, with a new introduction by harriet beecher stowe. This is essentially an extension of Henson's first two narratives (1849 and 1858). The first (1849) was a lengthy pamphlet, the second (1858) was more substantial. This edition brings Henson's life down to 1878.
