Josiah Henson: The Story of "Uncle Tom" (Episode 216)
Black True Crime Podcast
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4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
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The term we know as “Uncle Tom” is NOT based on a man named Tom. It’s actually the title of a book.. And the man the book was written about, spoiler alert, was NOT A SELL OUT like so many of us have come to believe. In fact, he was an enslaved man that was intelligent, freakishly strong, a husband AND the father of 12 children that just wanted to protect his family and LEGALLY pay his way to freedom. So how did his legacy get twisted into something that it’s not??
JOIN US as we discuss who “Uncle Tom” REALLY was. And his name was Josiah Henson.
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| 0:00.0 | Black Tree Crime is a podcast that researches and discusses murders committed by Black offenders. |
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| 0:10.5 | anyone and everyone, so listener discretion is advised. Now without further ado, this is Black True |
| 0:17.0 | Crime. Do not go gentle into that good night. Hello everyone. Hi, nice. Hi, friends. I'm Kayla. I'm Kristen. And I'm Nick I today. And this is Black |
| 0:49.0 | True Crime. And if this is your first time, at the show friend welcome hello let's get straight |
| 0:56.0 | into this episode you guys already know what it's about but the two that i'm recording with don't know |
| 1:01.2 | so let's get right into the intro what do they know we don't know it's the title of the episode |
| 1:06.8 | on they have to click on it oh Oh, okay. So let's go. |
| 1:11.6 | Go. |
| 1:12.6 | The term we know at Uncle Tom is not based on a man named Tom. |
| 1:17.6 | It's actually the title of a book. |
| 1:19.6 | And the man the book was written about, |
| 1:21.6 | spoiler alert, was not a sellout, like so many of us had come to believe. |
| 1:26.6 | In fact, he was an enslaved man that was intelligent, |
| 1:30.0 | freakishly strong, a husband, and the father of 12 children |
| 1:35.3 | that just wanted to protect his family |
| 1:37.0 | and legally pay his way to freedom. |
| 1:39.9 | So how did his legacy get twisted into something that is not? |
| 1:43.8 | Well, join us as we discussed who Uncle Tom really was, and his name was Josiah Hinson. |
| 1:51.3 | Wow. |
| 1:53.5 | Wow, this is going to be interesting. |
| 1:57.1 | It's going to be very interesting. |
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