A plausible man : the true story of the escaped slave who inspired Uncle Tom's cabin Cover Image

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A plausible man : the true story of the escaped slave who inspired Uncle Tom's cabin / Susanna Ashton.

Ashton, Susanna, 1967- (author.).

Summary:

"The story of the man behind the book that helped spark the Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781620978191
ISBN: 1620978199
Physical Description: xxi, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : The New Press, 2024.
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prelude: the man who came back : W.P.A. interview with Jake McLeod (1936) -- "Feloniously inveigling" : a judgment on the kidnapping of doctor (1821) -- The Reverend Lowery's story based on facts (1911) -- "Speaks plausibly" : the Reverend and his runaway advertisement (1847) -- Henry Foreman's boarding house census report of 1850 -- "A genuine article" : Harriet Beecher Stowe's letter to her sister (1850) -- Race : United States : the New Brunswick's census of 1851 -- The experience of a slave in South Carolina by John Andrew Jackson (1862) -- The white preacher and the black slave lecturer (1865) -- "One thousand acres" : a letter to General Howard (1868) -- "Hard labor," : court minutes from Surry County, North Carolina (1881).