Clements Bookworm: Author Conversation with Susanna Ashton "A Plausible Man: The True Story of the Slave Who Inspired Uncle Tom's Cabin" - Sponsored by AAUM
Clements Bookworm: Author Conversation with Susanna Ashton "A Plausible Man: The True Story of the Slave Who Inspired Uncle Tom's Cabin" - Sponsored by AAUM
Join us for a virtual author conversation with Susanna Ashton, author of A Plausible Man: The True Story of the Slave Who Inspired Uncle Tom's Cabin.
In December 1850, Harriet Beecher Stowe sheltered fugitive slave John Andrew Jackson for one night in Brunswick, Maine—an encounter that helped inspire Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
In A Plausible Man, Ashton pieces together Jackson’s journey from slavery to freedom and his rise as an international abolitionist, uncovering his story through a historical detective lens.
Thank you to the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan for sponsoring this episode.
U-M William L. Clements Library
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM on Fri, 20 Jun 2025
Artist Group Info
Angela Oonk
angmo@umich.edu