Often overshadowed by Boston and New York City, Hartford boasts unique architecture, beautiful parks, and essential American ...

Mar. 3—In December 1850, John Andrew Jackson — who had escaped a plantation in South Carolina and was living in Massachusetts — showed up at the Brunswick home that Harriet Beecher Stowe and ...

As Ashton argues in her intriguing new book, A Plausible Man: The True Story of the Escaped Slave Who Inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Stowe drew on this fleeting interaction when, just seven weeks ...

In or around 1825, John Andrew Jackson was born enslaved on a plantation in South Carolina and trained to spend his life picking cotton. But instead of living a life as a slave, he escaped bondage and ...

Published in 1852, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” galvanized abolitionists across the country and became the second-bestselling book in the U.S. during the 19th century. Only the Bible ranked higher.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin was pulled down by its owners in the 1990s. The surrounding thick forest was replaced by a concrete jungle. The unsavoury actions mortally disturbed the ghost of Lieutenant B.

Uncle Tom was a major character in the 1850s novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe, and as we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, we'll dissect this book, because it's ...

Titled "Uncle Tom’s Picture Book," this short, 36-page work interspersed passages from Stowe’s novel with original poems of Browne’s that described some of the pivotal scenes from the book ...

Uncle Tom’s Cabin is said to have been, aside from the Bible, the best-selling book of the 19th century. Originally serialized in a newspaper , The National Era , over the course of 44 weeks ...