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Article: Uncle Tom was a real person; his cabin is in Canada.(FEATURES)(TRAVEL)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- January 26, 2005
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Byline: Ilona Kauremszky Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
DRESDEN, ONTARIO -- 'When my feet first touched the Canada shore, I threw myself on the ground, rolled in the sand, seized handfuls of it and kissed them and danced around, till, in the eyes of several who were present, I passed for a madman.'
- Josiah Henson
Harriet Beecher Stowe, a small-town Connecticut woman whose family was known as the "Beecher preachers" for their long lineage of ministers, was so appalled by slavery, she penned a story about one fugitive slave's life and called it "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Her novel was based largely on the autobiography "The Life of ...