Josiah Henson Parkway, the new name for Montrose Parkway, honors a formerly enslaved Montgomery man who became an abolitionist and inspired the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin." ...

Nestled in the heart of Montgomery County sits an old plantation house where Josiah Henson, the muse for Harriet Beecher Stowe's book "Uncle Tom's Cabin," spent most of his life.

Montgomery Parks staff and consultants on Monday outlined plans for a Josiah Henson museum that will focus on the life of the famous escaped slave and examine the context of slavery in Montgomery… ...

BOOK UNCLE TOM’S CABIN, BUT THE TRUE SRYTO OF JOSIAH HENSON IS ONE. MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW UILNT NOW A MAN WITH ENORMOUS FAITH, YOU KNOW TENACYIT DEDICATION LOYALTY, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE THINGS ...

Josiah Henson grew up experiencing the horrors of slavery at Reilly's plantation before escaping to Canada. Construction crews are currently in the process of restoring the plantation, located ...

Henson later returned to Maryland in hopes of buying his freedom, but Riley refused to grant it. As a result, he returned to Kentucky to get his wife, and they escaped to Canada to freedom.

The autobiography of slave Josiah Henson was the basis for Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Henson's former home, a 13-by-17-foot cabin in Montgomery County, was opened to the ...