The truth about the man behind the book that sparked the War Between the States
- Title
- The truth about the man behind the book that sparked the War Between the States / Frances Cavanah.
- Published by
- Philadelphia : Westminster Press, [1975]
- Author
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Status Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | FormatText | AccessUse in library | Call numberSc D 19-895 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Status Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | FormatText | AccessUse in library | Call numberSc B-Henson, J. (Cavanah, F. Truth about the man) | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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- Description
- 187 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- A biography of the former slave who after escaping to Canada with his family became a well-known minister and active power in the Underground Railroad and served as model for Harriet Beecher Stowe's famous book.
- Subject
- Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883
- African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature
- African American abolitionists > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Clergy, Black > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Enslaved persons > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Fugitive slaves > Juvenile literature
- Underground Railroad > Juvenile literature
- Antislavery movements > United States > Juvenile literature
- Genre/Form
- Juvenile works.
- Call number
- Sc B-Henson, J. (Cavanah, F. Truth about the man)
- Author
- Cavanah, Frances, author.
- Title
- The truth about the man behind the book that sparked the War Between the States / Frances Cavanah.
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : Westminster Press, [1975]
- Type of content
- text
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Local note
- Schomburg 2nd copy with dust jacket.
- Added author
- Schomburg Children's Collection.
- LCCN
- 75011566
- ISBN
- 0664325726
- 9780664325725
- Research call number
- Sc D 19-895
- Sc B-Henson, J. (Cavanah, F. Truth about the man)