Jim Henson (memorialist)

For the puppeteer, see Jim Henson.
Jim Henson
Henson in 1888
Henson in 1888
Born
Maryland
NationalityCanadian
OccupationFarmer
Known forescaped slavery and dictated a memoir

Jim Henson was an African man who was enslaved in Maryland, U.S.[1][2][3] Henson escaped slavery, and made his way to Canada, where his slave narrative, entitled Broken Shackles, was published in 1889.

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