JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Man Who Became Uncle Tom.

  • Published In: Atlantic, 2023, v. 332, n. 3. P. 96 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Smith, Clint 3 of 3

Abstract

Scholars have debated when, exactly, Stowe first encountered Henson's story, when she met Henson, and whether she may have distorted these facts to support the veracity of her book. In this version of events, Stowe did not meet Henson until 1853, a year after Uncle Tom's Cabin was published. But the scholar Marion Starling, in her 1981 book, The Slave Narrative: Its Place in American History, suggests that Stowe's explicit linking of Henson to Uncle Tom was "an afterthought and a publicity stunt." But after the 1853 publication of Stowe's A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin, Henson's name became widely known, and sales of his own book exploded. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Atlantic. 2023/10, Vol. 332, Issue 3, p96
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:1072-7825
  • Accession Number:171934865
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