Book

A Plausible Man

The True Story of the Escaped Slave Who Inspired Uncle Tom's Cabin

Susanna Ashton

2024

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

Book Review

Searching for the Elusive Man Who Inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin

John Andrew Jackson spent a night at Harriet Beecher Stowe’s home as he fled north. Why do so few traces of his visit remain?

by Scott Wasserman Stern via The New Republic on October 24, 2024
Biography

The Black Fugitive Who Inspired ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ and the End of US Slavery

Born enslaved, John Andrew Jackson spent his life fighting for freedom as a fugitive, abolitionist, lecturer and writer.

by Susanna Ashton via The Conversation on July 17, 2024

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