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Unit 2 Civil Rights Heroes 5. Josiah Henson He was born a slave on 15th June, 1789 in Charles County, Maryland. He was sold three times before he reached the age of eighteen. By 1830, Henson had saved up $350 to purchase his freedom. After giving his master the money he was told that the price had increased to $1,000. Cheated of his money, Henson decided to escape with his wife and four children. After reaching Canada, Henson formed a community where he taught other ex-slaves how to be successful farmers. His autobiography, The Life of Josiah Henson (1849) was read by Harriet Beecher Stowe and inspired her best-selling novel, Uncle Toms Cabin. The original cabin where Reverend Josiah Henson lived. 6. Levi Coffin He was born in Greensboro, on 28th October, 1798. Later he became as a member of the Society of Friends, Coffin attempted in 1821 to start a school for slaves but their owners refused to allow them to attend. In 1826 Coffin moved to Newport, Indiana. This was on the route where fugitive slaves made their way from the South to Canada. Coffin soon became involved in helping the runaways and it has been estimated that over 3,000 slaves stayed at his home during their journey.  7. John Parker John Parker was born into slavery in Norfolk, Virginia in 1827. He bought his freedom for $1,800 and in 1849 he and his wife moved to Ripley where he worked in the ironworks. Parker was an integral part of the Underground Railroad; he helped fugitive slaves cross the Ohio River from Kentucky as they went north to freedom. For nearly fifteen years Parker risked his life and his own freedom by hiding in coffins, diving off a steamboat into the river with bounty hunters on his trail as he fought for the freedom of the enslaved. Henson’s last home... is now part of the Uncle Toms Cabin Historic Site in Dresden, Ontario Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) An American abolitionist and author. Stowes novel Uncle Toms Cabin (1852) dep