(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION STOWE HARRIET BEECHER) HENSON JOSIAH

Sale 2408 - Lot 71

Price Realized: $ 1,250

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER.) HENSON, JOSIAH. Rev. Josiah Henson, better known as Mrs. H. Beecher Stowe's 'Uncle Tom.' Carte-de-visite photograph, on the original mount with the elaborate red Bradshaw & Godart stamp on the reverse. London: Bradshaw & Godart, circa late 1860's-1870's

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A fine example of a scarce image. Henson (1789-1883), who was said to be the model for Stowe's 'Uncle Tom,' was in fact anything but the passive stereotype that Tom has come to represent. He was an active abolitionist and lectured both here and abroad. He wrote an autobiography 'Truth Stranger than Fiction.'