Talk:Josiah Henson

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Pronunciation of Josiah Henson
I was wondering how to pronounce Josiah Henson, please, someone, contact me with pronuncation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Qmanjr5 (talk • contribs) 13:31, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

I was said tha t Josiah Henson conducted the escape and feeeing of over 300 bonded men and women; more than Harriet Tubman. Yet this towering personage is never mentioned in American history, while Tubman(Arimminta Rose)is mentione dconstantly, I'd wager hundreds of times a week in the US alone. Understand also the neither Henson, nor Tubman were the only ppl. who conducted multiple escapes of slaves in the south during that era. One question, though. Is Matthew Henson related in anyway to Josiah? --67.86.107.30 (talk) 19:37, 21 September 2011 (UTC)Veryverser
 * About Matthew Henson...interesting that you asked about the possibility of a familial relationship of Josiah Henson and Matthew Henson, the arctic explorer and discoverer. From an article in The Baltimore Sun about a presentation by James Henson:


 * "After all, [James Henson's] great-uncle, Matthew A. Henson, was co-discoverer of the North Pole on April 6, 1909, with Adm. Robert E. Peary. (emphasis added)


 * "As scheduled, Henson, 67, was in the library's conference room at 2 p.m., ready to talk about Matthew Henson and Josiah Henson, his great-great-great uncle, whose life as a runaway slave and preacher who escaped to Canada was depicted in the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.... (emphasis added)" Source: Powder, J. (2004, January 27). Descendant of slave, explorer talks of heroes. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved on August 15, 2015.


 * Matthew Henson was born in Nanjemoy in Charles County, Maryland. The question about a familial relationship to Matthew Henson was asked during an interview with Taraji P. Henson, who reported that Matthew Henson was a distant cousin -- a factoid that was also noted in her Wikipedia article on this site. Based on the familial relationship among Josiah, Matthew, and Taraji P. Henson, all of them appear to be related to each other along Taraji P. Henson's paternal branch. → Lwalt ♦ talk 03:46, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

Kissin' Kousins?
Is there any possibility that Matthew Henson, the famed artic explorer and planter of the US flag at the North Pole, could be related to Josiah Henson, the "undergound railroad", abolitionist orator, author, and founder of a Canadian labor settlement in Ontario? He may not be a direct descendent; there is the issue of Josiah Henson's father being forcibly seperated from his father after the latter was tortured and then sold "down the river". Or Matthew could be either directly link to the elder Josiah Henson by simple relation (as is the American actress Taranji P. Henson) removed by a generation or two. Further strecthing this possibility, both men could be have been seperated by a common a common white ancestor two or three generations removed. DNA and ancestry quest can provide the answers. --69.119.72.223 (talk) 00:27, 24 September 2011 (UTC)Veryverser
 * I replied to this query on the Matthew Henson talk page. --CutOffTies (talk) 00:31, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

Dawn, Upper Canada
Would it be worthwhile to have at least a pointer to this article on the disambiguation page for Dawn, since this town founded by Henson is mentioned frequently in the article and some people (like myself) went looking for this town but found nothing? Bill Jefferys (talk) 00:53, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

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Suggestion: Revert needed.
Somebody has been vandalizing the article on 6 + 7 February. The added phrases, "Josiah Henson died of cancer and ebola at the age of 2, and heelped none" and "died of ebola at the age of 2", were variously attached to the Early life and slavery and Death sections. Since the article has been changed several times, it's not a simple revert to one version back and therefore, beyond my experience. The Death section is completely gone now, for instance. Would someone please restore this article to a good point? Thank you for your help, Wordreader (talk) 07:42, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Suggestion: Research resource available on PBS.
I saw a 56 minute documentary tonight called Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story. Those who haven't read Uncle Tom's Cabin think that Tom was a wimp. It fills in details about Henson's life: the breaking of his father's will; the greatest regret of his life; how he was cheated when he made a contract to buy his freedom; and how, on the long, fraught journey north, he insisted on taking his wife and children with him. It also lets us know that once Henson settled in Canada, he returned south dozens of times to bring out 118 slaves to freedom. This was one determined man of iron! Available 3 March 2021 - https://www.kcet.org/shows/redeeming-uncle-tom-the-josiah-henson-story/episodes/redeeming-uncle-tom-the-josiah-henson Thank you for your time, Wordreader (talk) 08:24, 8 February 2019 (UTC)


 * The documentary can be seen at https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x86dpgk for free, though you must disable ad-blockers and endure clicking "Skip Ads" a number of times in order to see it. Thank you, Wordreader (talk) 15:45, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Peer Review
This is really great. The sections are really helpful and make the article organized. I would maybe consider adding the information in the “Miscellaneous” section to the “Later Life.” I know those things happened after his life but you can probably get away with quickly mentioning it in the last few sentences. Moving on, the article remains neutral; I don’t see any adjectives that are too telling.

I think that the “Slavery Policy in Canada” section could be placed before “Early Life” because it gives reader knowledge that it is good to know before reading about his early life.

Lastly, the article links are working, so, that’s good. They’re also pretty up to date; the oldest seems to be from 2008 and that should not be a problem. Overall, really good job; I enjoyed reading it.(GabriellaFernandez0809 (talk) 15:24, 19 November 2020 (UTC))