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A Plausible Man

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

Susanna Ashton

2024

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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
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Book Excerpt

How Do We Tell a Tale of People Who Sought to Disappear?

The life of John Andrew Jackson — and the vacillating richness and scarcity of the archive.

by Susanna Ashton via HNN on August 13, 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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