Feb 10, 2021
6 min read
The Most Famous Forgotten Figure in Black History
The real-life inspiration for Uncle Tom’s Cabin is making his long-overdue resurgence
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s debut novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was an immediate and smashing success. It sold out its 5,000-copy print run in just four days in 1852, with one newspaper declaring that “everybody has read it, is reading, or is about…
