One evening in December 1850, an escaped slave named John Andrew Jackson arrived at a handsome, white clapboard house in Brunswick, Maine, cold and desperate for somewhere to stay. He was fleeing ...

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 ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – A Clemson University professor is convinced that Harriet Beecher Stowe might not have written “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” if it were not for a fugitive South Carolina slave she ...

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 ...

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 ...

The sculpture is expected to be finished by September. A project is in the works to pay tribute to Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," with the first life-sized sculpture in her ...

Picturing Uncle Tom with Little Eva: reproduction as legacy -- The passion of Uncle Tom: pictures join words to challenge patriarchy -- From Barefoot Madonna to Maggie the Ripper: Thomas Satterwhite ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a seminal ...

In the pre-Civil War South, a sadistic plantation-owner brutalizes his slaves to the point that they have no other choice but to rebel. Always obedient, peaceful, honest old slave Tom plays a central ...