Josiah Henson

ID: 568
This file appears in: Uncle Tom Lived Here

This image of Josiah Henson was included in the 1858 edition of his slave narrative. Courtesy of the University of North Carolina.

This file appears in: Uncle Tom Lived Here

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #1241 in Daviess County notes the location of the Riley family home place. The Rileys were the owners of Josiah Henson, a slave whom Harriet Beecher Stowe used to help model her main…