Jim Henson (memorialist)
Jim Henson was an African man who was enslaved in Maryland, U.S. Henson escaped slavery, and made his way to Canada, where his slave narrative, entitled Broken Shackles, was published in 1889.
Jim Henson | |
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Henson in 1888 | |
| Born | Maryland |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Known for | escaped slavery and dictated a memoir |
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