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Bookmark or Share- Why African-Americans Loathe 'Uncle Tom' - NPRFolklorist Patricia Turner discusses "Uncle Tom" — the lead character in the anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe — as part of NPR's In Character series.
- What Does 'Sold Down The River' Really Mean? The Answer Isn't ... - NPRClare dies, and Tom is sold at auction to a particularly sadistic plantation owner. After imposing a series of torments worthy of Job, the slave owner orders his overseers to beat Uncle Tom to death.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe: Freeing Slaves, Promoting ChangeThe renowned author of the pro-abolishment novel Uncle Tom's Cabin would have turned 200 this month. Host Michel Martin discusses the life and legacy of Harriet Beecher Stowe with Katherine Kane ...
- A Visit to the Real 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' - NPRThe fictional Uncle Tom's Cabin was inspired by a real memoir. The Maryland cabin where Josiah Henson lived as a slave was sold to the county, to become an intepretative park.
- The Root: The Troubling Nuances Of 'Uncle Tom' - NPRA recent documentary about the University of Michigan basketball team in the early '90s sparked controversy after former player Jalen Rose used the term "Uncle Toms" to refer to black players on ...
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