In this drawing from 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' a Black child is taken from his mother by a white man. Culture Club/Getty Images In or around 1825, John Andrew Jackson was born enslaved on a plantation in ...
Consider the phrase “Uncle Tom”. In Beecher Stowe’s book, he was a hero. What changed? What do you think of when you hear the phrase “Uncle Tom?” On March 28, 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe published the ...