🌐EnglishEnglishDeutschEspañolFrançaisItalianoNederlandsSvenskaРусскийالعربية中文日本語EntityQ9013442· pop 10· linked from 281 articlesJosiah Hensonauthor, abolitionist, and minister; born into slavery, in Port Tobacco, Charles Co., Maryland, he escaped to Upper Canada (now Ontario) in 1830Connectionsfugitive slaves in United StatesEntityAndreas Matthäus WolfgangEntityCategories1789 births1883 deaths18th-century American slaves19th-century American slavesAbolitionists from MarylandAfrican-American abolitionistsAmerican emigrants to pre-Confederation OntarioAmerican FreemasonsBlack Canadian non-fiction writersCanadian autobiographersCanadian FreemasonsCanadian Militia officers