“My Name Is Not Tom” is a biography of Josiah Henson, the man catapulted into fame after Harriet Beecher Stowe noted that events in his life partially influenced the development of her fictional character, Uncle Tom. While previous biographies have relied heavily on Henson’s four autobiographies (dictated under duress), which replicated the myth that he was the sole inspiration for Stowe’s character, “My Name is Not Tom” uses novel primary source research to fill in the untold parts of his extraordinary life. The author examines Henson’s views of slavery and morality, which changed substantially over the course of his life. Free.