Atlas Obscura
Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History in Dresden, Ontario
Learn the story of Josiah Henson, whose life inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin - a landmark in protest literature. An abolitionist, preacher, and author, Henson escaped slavery with his family in 1830, fleeing from the U.S. to Canada. He later became a conductor of the Underground Railroad, rescuing hundreds of enslaved people. He relocated to Dresden, Ontar…