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Josiah's leadership style displayed intregity and loyalty.
I am a decendent of Josiah Henson. I attended a family reunion in Ont. Canada in August 1999. Any decendent having information on Josiah Henson or interested and attending the next family reunion please contact me at mye-mail address.

true life endeavor of a former slave
I am a living decendent of Josiah Henson. He led a terriilbe but fullfilling life.

an escaped slave's dealing with slavery, adversity, pride.
josiah henson was used as a model for harriett beecher stowe's uncle tom.however he was very different from uncle tom.he was very proud, ambitious, driven by his convictions, and was very creative in efforts toimprove himself, his family, and the lot of escaped slave families incanada.he wrestled with his strong christian faith, his pride, and hisrather dishonest masters. but he persevered in inspiring fashion.amonghis achievements werecooperative effort to establish a manual laborschool, a sawmill, learning to read from his oldest son, becoming anaccomplished methodist preacher, and marketing black walnut lumber inboston and england.the bishop of canterbury asked him which university hehad attended, and josiah henson replied "the university ofadversity."his children must have been one of his best endeavors,and i suspect that this is reflected in the title of the book. ... Read more

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Kapitel: Liste Der Gouverneure Von Idaho, John Irwin, William Henson Wallace, George Laird Shoup, Moses Alexander, Frank Gooding, Chase A. Clark, William J. Mcconnell, James H. Brady, Frank Steunenberg, Leonard B. Jordan, C. A. Bottolfsen, Mason Brayman, Thomas Mead Bowen, David P. Thompson, C. Ben Ross, Charles C. Moore, H. C. Baldridge, Cecil D. Andrus, David W. Ballard, Caleb Lyon, William M. Bunn, Arnold Williams, D. W. Davis, Charles A. Robins, Jim Risch, Thomas Warren Bennett, N. B. Willey, Edward J. Curtis, Charles Gossett, Barzilla W. Clark, Phil Batt, John Baldwin Neil, John T. Morrison, Robert E. Smylie, James H. Hawley, John M. Haines, Frank W. Hunt, Edward A. Stevenson, Clement Leroy Otter, Don Samuelson, John Victor Evans, Dirk Kempthorne, David P. B. Pride, C. de Witt Smith. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: John Victor Evans, Sr. (born January 18, 1925 in Malad City, Idaho) was the 27th Governor of Idaho from 1977-87. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Evans was elected to the Idaho Senate in 1952 and re-elected in 1954 and 1956, serving as majority leader in his final term. In 1960, Evans became mayor of Malad City and served in that capacity until 1966. He returned to the state senate in 1968 and served as minority leader from 1969-74. Evans was elected the 33rd Lieutenant Governor in 1974. He became governor in January 1977 when Cecil D. Andrus accepted an appointment to become the Secretary of the Interior in the Carter administration. Evans finished Andrus' term and was elected governor in his own right in 1978, defeating Republican state representative Allan Larsen. Evans was the first (and to date, only) Mormon to win election as governor in Idaho. He was re-elected in 1982, defeating Republican lieutenant governor Phil Batt. Evans ran for the U.S. Senate in 1986, but was narrowly defeated by Republican incumbent Steve Symms. He was succeeded as governor by Andrus. Evans became president of ...http://booksllc.net/?l=de ... Read more

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Chapters: John Hanson, Christina Milian, Larry Johnson, Randy Starks, Turkey Tayac, John Mason, Josiah Henson, Matthew Henson, Benji Madden, Rose O'neal Greenhow, Barton W. Stone, Benjamin Stoddert, William Smallwood, Joel Madden, William Mason, James Craik, Morgan Green, Thomas E. Hutchins, David Hayes, Gustavus Richard Brown, Ryland Dillard Tisdale, Jared Gaither, Henry Ludwell Moore, Ryan Hackett, William Daniel Mayer, John Hoskins Stone, John Flowers, Matt Dyson, George Dent, John Grant Chapman, W. Louis Hennessy, William Barton Wade Dent, Shane Halter, Michael J. Stone, Daniel Jenifer, Tony Johnson, John Truman Stoddert, William Leigh Brent, William A. T. Maddox, John Campbell, Catherine Spalding. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 184. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Christine Flores (born September 26, 1981), better known by her stage name Christina Milian (pronounced ), is an American R ... Read more

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Chapters: Lou Henson, Reggie Theus, John G. Griffith, Neil Mccarthy, Marvin Menzies, Rob Evans, Tony Stubblefield. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lou Henson (born January 10, 1932 in Okay, Oklahoma, U.S.) is a former collegiate basketball coach. He retired as the all time leader in victories at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with 423 victories and New Mexico State with 289 victories. Overall he had 779 victories, putting him in sixth place on the all-time list. Henson began his coaching career at Las Cruces High School in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Henson was head coach of the varsity for four seasons, and won state championships in 1959, 1960, and 1961. He started coaching at the college ranks in 1962 at Hardin-Simmons University. In 1966, he took over at his alma mater, New Mexico State University. In his first season at NMSU, the Aggies rebounded from a 4-22 record in the prior season to finish 15-11 and went to the NCAA Tournament. In 1970, Henson would help lead the Aggies to the Final Four for the only time in the school's history. Henson and future NBA players Jimmy Collins, Sam Lacey, and Charlie Criss lost in the tournament semifinal to eventual champion UCLA, the third time in three years the Aggies lost to UCLA in the tournament. Henson coached at New Mexico State for nine seasons, with six trips to the NCAA Tournament and four twenty-win seasons. In 1975, Henson moved to the University of Illinois to replace Gene Bartow, after Bartow left Illinois to replace John Wooden at UCLA. He would lead the Fighting Illini to the 1989 Final Four. Henson retired in 1996, after 21 seasons at Illinois. Henson finished his tenure at Illinois with an overall record of 423 wins and 224 losses (.654 winning percentage), and with a reco...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2147081 ... Read more

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Chapters: William Samuel Henson, Margaret Bondfield, John Hunwick, Pat Beasley, Sheila Allen, Laura Willoughby, Howard Evans. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: William Samuel Henson (3 May 1812 - 1888), was a pre-Wright brothers aviation engineer and inventor. Henson was born on 3 May 1812 (some sources incorrectly say 1805), in Nottingham, England. Henson was involved in lace-making in Chard, which increasingly was mechanized at that time, and he obtained a patent on improved lace-making machines in 1835. Henson is best known as an early pioneer in aviation, but patented many other inventions, some of which are in wide use today. Starting c. 1838, Henson became interested in aviation. In April 1841 he patented an improved light-weight steam engine, and with fellow lacemaking-engineer John Stringfellow in c. 1842 he designed a large passenger-carrying steam-powered monoplane, with a wing span of 150 feet, which he named the "Henson Aerial Steam Carriage". He received a patent on it in 1843 along with Stringfellow. Henson, Stringfellow, Frederick Marriott, and D.E. Colombine, incorporated as the Aerial Transit Company in 1843 in England, with the intention of raising money to construct the flying machine. Henson built a scale model of his design, which made one tentative steam-powered "hop" as it lifted, or bounced, off its guide wire. Attempts were made to fly the small model, and a larger model with a 20 foot wing span, between 1844 and 1847, without success. Henson grew discouraged, married and emigrated in 1849 to the United States, while Stringfellow continued to experiment with aviation. Henson appeared as a character in a fictional newspaper story by Edgar Allan Poe, which recounted a supposed trans-Atlantic balloon trip, in which Henson w...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2964073 ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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In 1889, 'Broken Shackles' was published in Toronto under the pseudonym of Glenelg. This very unique book, containing the recollections of a resident of Owen Sound, Ontario, an African American known as Old Man Henson, was one of the very few books that documented the journey to Canada from the perspective of a person of African descent. Now, over 112 years later, a new edition of 'Broken Shackles' is available. Henson was a great storyteller and the spark of life shines through as he describes the horrors of slavery and his goal of escaping its tenacious hold. His times as a slave in Maryland, his refuge in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and his ultimate freedom in Canada are vividly depicted through his remembrances. The stories of Henson's family, friends and enemies will both amuse and shock the readers of this book. It is interesting to discover that his observations of life's struggles and triumphs are as relevant today as they were in his time. ... Read more

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No philosopher has had more influence on 20th-centiry theology than Martin Heidegger. In this lucid little book, Heidegger's thought is introduced with particular attention given to his views in religion and theology. All Heidegger's major works are treated, ranging from Being and Time to an interview which appeared posthumously in Der Speigel. ... Read more

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Mistitled Book
This book is a bit of a disappointment.The author, John Macquarrie, is a distinguished Anglican theologian and the translator of "Being and Time."It would be natural to expect that any book by MacQuarrie entitled "Heidegger and Christianity" would analyze the religious implications of Heidegger's philosophy, or discuss Heidegger's influence on Christian theologians such as Karl Rahner.Instead, the bulk of this short book simply summarizes the main themes and conclusions of Heidegger's best-known books and lectures, which were mostly of secular interest.Religion is discussed only in the final chapter, leaving the reader feeling cheated.

On the positive side, MacQuarrie writes clearly and takes a balanced view of Heidegger.He regards the German philosopher as one of the great thinkers of the 20th century, while acknowledging that his tortured language is difficult to interpret, and that his tendency to substitute etymology for logic can open the door to nonsense.It's good to read a writer like MacQuarrie who knows and respects Heidegger's works but who avoids the extremes of Heidegger-worship.This book would be useful as an orientation to the Heidegger corpus.But readers looking for theology, or even for a critical analysis of Heidegger's secular thinking, should look elsewhere.

BeingI AM ?
The book starts by noting some of the twists and turns in Heidegger's life and thought; and by showing the importance of Being in the beginnings of western philosophy (but only in the beginning and then quickly forgotten -- according to Heidegger).

The main question in the book (as you probably already know from the title) is whether Heidegger's thought is compatible with Christianity.Of course to answer this question we first needed to know what Heidegger's thought consisted of, which takes up most of the book and makes it worth while even if you don't care if Heidegger can be 'Christianized'.

Although the book is brief (only 121 pages) it covers everything from Being and Time to Time and Being and beyond (which is a long and mystifying way -- or at lest it is without this book).Heidegger's Nazism is also dealt with very briefly, but the main concern in the book, after giving a tour of the philosophy, is the relationship to Christianity.Others before Macquarrie have seen this relationship Etienne Gilson, for example, clamed that Heidegger ' is taking us to the only real metaphysical problem. I believe he could... help us not only to deeper insights into his own thought, but even into that of... Thomas Aquinas'.

It is difficult (at lest for me and I suppose others with similar obsessions) to read Heidegger's attempted retrievals of Being -- that light by which all existing entities are viewed.And not think of biblical passages like Exodus 3:14.I supposes in the end some of Heidegger's thoughts are good for Christianity while some are not (or less obviously so). The ontological difference for the most part probably is; while all the twisting and turning of Being would probably be the end of anything like an orthodox Christianity.

This book doesn't say that Heidegger's philosophy was Christian -- in fact Heidegger said a Christian philosophy was nonsense'a round square and a misunderstanding' -- but if you want an intro. to his thought or see some potential parallels between his thought and Christianity this is a good book.

I know of no better introduction to Heidegger's thought
MacQuarrie's little monograph should be called "Heidegger Demystified". It is perhaps the best thorough and concise study of the main features and the significance of Heidegger's thought by one of the translators of Being and Time into English. Considering what an industry Heidegger studies have become in American and European universities, this little volume is a wonder how it cuts to the essential features of his thought. I know of no better introduction to the significance of Heidegger. Even George Steiner's little study, a fine fluff piece for the non-philosopher, will have to take a back seat to this treasure ... Read more

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An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson ("Uncle Tom"). From 1789 to 1881. With a Preface by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Introductory Notes by George Sturge, S. Morley, Esq., M. P., Wendell Phillips, and John G. Whittier. Edited by John Lobb.
Revised and Enlarged.
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