Josiah henson primary source

Primary Sources

(1) Josiah Henson, The Life of Josiah Henson (1849)

My earliest employments were, to carry buckets of water to the men at work, and to hold a horse- plough, used for weeding between the rows of corn.

Josiah henson primary source

Josiah henson primary source of history

Secondary source

Primary source synonym

Josiah henson primary source of information

As I grew older and taller, I was entrusted with the care of master's saddle-horse. Then a hoe was put into my hands, and I was soon required to do the day's work of a man; and it was not long before I could do it, at least as well as my associates in misery.

(2) Josiah Henson, The Life of Josiah Henson (1849)

A description of the everyday life of a slave on a southern plantation illustrates the character and habits of the slave and the slaveholder, created and perpetuated by their relative position.

The principal food of those upon my master's plantation consisted of corn-meal and salt herrings; to which was added in summer a little buttermilk, and the few vegetables which each might raise for himself and his family, on the