1263 Josiah Henson, Canada, Minister

September 20. Josiah Henson.  Born into slavery, Josiah refused to remain enslaved. When he was 18, he became a Christian and soon began to preach after slaving all day. He also married and had twelve children.  In 1830, Josiah escaped to Canada and founded a settlement and a laborer’s school for other fugitive slaves. In 1842, he founded the […] The post 1263 Josiah Henson, Canada, Minister first appeared on 365 Christian Men.