[First Project] Father Henson's Story of His Own Life by Josiah Henson

[Scott Voyles]

Hopefully, third time is a charm. As it's suggested as a first-time production, I would try my hand at this one - if there are no objections?

[Alex Cabal]

OK, sure, that one would be a good start.

There's a preface so you'll have to include a half title page. You can
use `se add-file halftitlepage` to do that.

Each chapter has a bridgehead summary, see the manual for copy and paste
CSS and HTML for styling that.

I also see some verse, see the manual again for copy and paste styling.

Make sure to read the Standard Ebooks Manual of Style before starting,
as you won't know what to fix if you haven't read the standards. In
particular, please closely review the semantics, high level patterns,
and typography sections:

https://standardebooks.org/manual

https://standardebooks.org/manual/latest/4-semantics

https://standardebooks.org/manual/latest/7-high-level-structural-patterns

https://standardebooks.org/manual/latest/8-typography

The step by step guide will take you from start to finish:

https://standardebooks.org/contribute/producing-an-ebook-step-by-step

This page on common issues in older books may be useful:

https://standardebooks.org/contribute/how-tos/common-issues-when-working-on-public-domain-ebooks

Please email often if you have any questions at all. Our standards are
well-established so there is probably already a standard for formatting
whatever problem you've encountered.

When you're ready, email back with a link to your Github repository so
that I can assign you a manager and reviewer.

Have fun! :)

On 1/7/26 7:51 AM, Scott Voyles wrote:
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> production, I would try my hand at this one - if there are no objections?
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https://github.com/zeitchef/josiah-henson_father-hensons-story-of-his-own-life

[Scott Voyles]

The linter is complaining about title values - what's the correct way to markup these chapter titles?

[Robin Whittleton]

You need an hgroup wrapping the h2 and following p. The bridgehead lives outside the hgroup but inside the header.

-Robin

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The linter is complaining about title values - what's the correct way to markup these chapter titles?

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[Alex Cabal]

OK, Robin will manage with Weijia reviewing.

On 1/8/26 9:09 AM, Scott Voyles wrote:
> https://github.com/zeitchef/josiah-henson_father-hensons-story-of-his-
> own-life

>
> On Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 3:52:06 PM UTC+1 Alex Cabal wrote:
>
> OK, sure, that one would be a good start.
>
> There's a preface so you'll have to include a half title page. You can
> use `se add-file halftitlepage` to do that.
>
> Each chapter has a bridgehead summary, see the manual for copy and
> paste
> CSS and HTML for styling that.
>
> I also see some verse, see the manual again for copy and paste styling.
>
> Make sure to read the Standard Ebooks Manual of Style before starting,
> as you won't know what to fix if you haven't read the standards. In
> particular, please closely review the semantics, high level patterns,
> and typography sections:
>
> https://standardebooks.org/manual <https://standardebooks.org/manual>
>

> https://standardebooks.org/manual/latest/4-semantics <https://
> standardebooks.org/manual/latest/4-semantics>
>
> https://standardebooks.org/manual/latest/7-high-level-structural-
> patterns <https://standardebooks.org/manual/latest/7-high-level-
> structural-patterns>
>
> https://standardebooks.org/manual/latest/8-typography <https://
> standardebooks.org/manual/latest/8-typography>

>
> The step by step guide will take you from start to finish:
>
> https://standardebooks.org/contribute/producing-an-ebook-step-by-

> step <https://standardebooks.org/contribute/producing-an-ebook-step-
> by-step>

>
> This page on common issues in older books may be useful:
>
> https://standardebooks.org/contribute/how-tos/common-issues-when-

> working-on-public-domain-ebooks <https://standardebooks.org/
> contribute/how-tos/common-issues-when-working-on-public-domain-ebooks>

>
> Please email often if you have any questions at all. Our standards are
> well-established so there is probably already a standard for formatting
> whatever problem you've encountered.
>
> When you're ready, email back with a link to your Github repository so
> that I can assign you a manager and reviewer.
>
> Have fun! :)
>
>
> On 1/7/26 7:51 AM, Scott Voyles wrote:
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> > production, I would try my hand at this one - if there are no
> objections?
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[Scott Voyles]

Robin, I'm a little unsure as to how to proceed with the image. My thinking was an "LoI" but as the image is technically in the frontmatter, I'm unsure. What do you advise?