Following the tragic death of her young son and moved by the plight of slave families being torn apart by the Fugitive Slave Law, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE’s “The Abolitionists” premieres Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 9/8c on PBS. Learn more: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/abolitionists/
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