Portrait of Reverend Josiah Henson (1789-1883)

ID: SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27C_053]

Creator: Gardner, Alexander 1821-1882

Form/Genre: Photographs

Date: 1866

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 27C, Image No. SIA_000095_B27C_053

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Subject

Henson, Josiah 1789-1883

Notes

  • Archives No. SA-668
  • Author, abolitionist, and minister. His 1849 autobiography, "The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself," formed part of the inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
  • Printed on verso: Gardner / Corner 7th & D Str. / Washington / D.C.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 27C, Image No. SIA_000095_B27C_053

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1866
  • Between 1866 and 1869

Restrictions & Rights

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  • No Copyright - United States

Topic

  • Abolitionists
  • Portraits

Form/Genre

Photographs

Local number

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27C_053]

Physical description

Cartes-de-visite (card photographs); 4 x 2.5;

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