The Saratogian

RITTNER: Uncle Tom and Troy

The book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” has often been labeled as the kindling wood of the Civil War. Written in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe, who was the child of a protestant preacher, it was originally ...
Yahoo

The Black fugitive who inspired ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ and the end of US slavery

In this drawing from 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' a Black child is taken from his mother by a white man. Culture Club/Getty Images In or around 1825, John Andrew Jackson was born enslaved on a plantation in ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How Harriet Beecher Stowe Turned Public Opinion Against Slavery

Learn how Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book Uncle Tom’s Cabin sparked national debate and changed how many Americans understood slavery. By Brandon B. Fortune, Chief Curator, National Portrait Gallery New ...
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Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Tampa Bay Times

Here’s the Black fugitive who inspired ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ and the end of US slavery

Our editors' top picks to read today. In my biography of John Andrew Jackson, “A Plausible Man,” I detail his remarkable life. An old wooden fence surrounds a replica of a one-room windowless cabin in ...