Tess and Brock stay close to home while studying Harriet Beecher Stowe, the 19th-century author famous for writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Susanna Aston tells the harrowing story of how Stowe harbored fugitive slave John Andrew Jackson, and how one decision can change the course of history.

Mentioned:

• Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
• A Plausible Man: The True Story of the Escaped Slave Who Inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Susanna Ashton
• Cathi Belcher
• Stowe Writers
• Ayaz Muratoglu

The house:

• Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Brunswick, ME

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