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 ...
WCYB

Local churches come together to bring 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' to life this holiday season

SMYTH COUNTY, Va. (WCYB) — Mike Sage, the pastor at Freedom Tabernacle Baptist Church in Atkins, Virginia, said he read "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and decided he wanted to share the story with others. “I did ...
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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Black Fugitive Who Inspired ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ and Helped End Slavery in the U.S.

A few weeks after Harriet Beecher Stowe crossed paths with John Andrew Jackson, she began drafting Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons In or around 1825, John Andrew Jackson was ...