The slave cabin that inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” will be preserved thanks to Maryland officials who agreed on Thursday to buy it for $1 million. In the early 19th ...

However, the 18th-century house had one thing the McMansions could never claim -- the original Uncle Tom's cabin. Attached to the side is a small, one-room building, its walls made of graying split ...

The home and log kitchen that once belonged to the Riley Plantation are being converted into a museum in Montgomery County, Maryland. Today, the land is known as Josiah Henson Park, named for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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It’s hard to overstate the importance of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was the second best-selling book of the 19th century (following the Bible) and was translated into 20 ...

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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 ...