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PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

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.

TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION.

FATHER HENSON'S STORY

OF

HIS OWN LIFE.


WITH AN INTRODUCTION

BY MRS. H. B. STOWE.


BOSTON:
JOHN P. JEWETT AND COMPANY.

CLEVELAND, OHIO:

HENRY P. B. JEWETT.

1858.


Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1858, by
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for the District of Massachusetts


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