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In December of 1850, a faculty wife in Brunswick, Maine, named Harriet Beecher Stowe hid a fugitive slave in her house. While John Andrew Jackson stayed for only one night, he made a lasting impression: drawing from this experience, Stowe began to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin, one of the most influential books in American history and the novel that helped inspire the overthrow of slavery in the United States. Jackson later moved to Springfield where he found staunch allies on The Springfield Republican – friends who would later save his life with a creative editorial maneuver.  This presentation shares a remarkable story of the man behind the book that helped start the Civil War.

Presented by Susanna Ashton, professor of English, Clemson University