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June 14, 1811 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), born in Litchfield, Connecticut (d. 1896)
The Story of Josiah Henson, the Real Inspiration for 'Uncle Tom’s Cabin'
Before there was the novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, a formerly enslaved African-American living in Canada wrote a memoir detailing his experience
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