The book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” has often been labeled as the kindling wood of the Civil War. Written in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe, who was the child of a protestant preacher, it was originally ...

Illustration of Solomon Northup from his 1853, autobiography “Twelve Years A Slave”. The book, “Twelve Years A Slave” by Solomon Northup, on display as part of the 2014 Black History Month exhibit ...