{"product_id":"a-plausible-man-the-true-story-of-the-escaped-slave-who-inspired-uncle-toms-cabin-hardcover","title":"A Plausible Man: The True Story of the Escaped Slave Who Inspired Uncle Tom's Cabin - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusanna Ashton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe remarkable story of the man behind the book that helped spark the Civil War, in a stunning historical detective story\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn December of 1850, a faculty wife in Brunswick, Maine, named Harriet Beecher Stowe hid a fugitive slave in her house. While John Andrew Jackson stayed for only one night, he made a lasting impression: drawing from this experience, Stowe began to write \u003ci\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most influential books in American history and the novel that helped inspire the overthrow of slavery in the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Plausible Man\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds as a historical detective story, as Susanna Ashton combs obscure records for evidence of Jackson's remarkable flight from slavery to freedom, his quest to liberate his enslaved family, and his emergence as an international advocate for abolition. This fresh and original work takes us through the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the restoration of white supremacy--where we last glimpse Jackson losing his freedom again on a Southern chain gang. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the spirit of Tiya Miles's prizewinning \u003ci\u003eAll That She Carried\u003c\/i\u003e and Erica Armstrong Dunbar's \u003ci\u003eNever Caught\u003c\/i\u003e, Susanna Ashton breathes life into a striving and nuanced American character, one unmistakably rooted in the vast sweep of nineteenth-century America.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSusanna Ashton\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor of English at Clemson University. An expert on slavery and freedom narratives, she was a Du Bois fellow at Harvard's Hutchins Center, a fellow with Yale's Gilder Lehrman Center, and a Fulbright scholar. The author of \u003cem\u003eCollaborators in Literary America, 1870-1920\u003c\/em\u003e, she lives in Clemson, South Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48816541499640,"sku":"9781620978191","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/OToGqF3kTU9781620978191.webp?v=1780573829","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/a-plausible-man-the-true-story-of-the-escaped-slave-who-inspired-uncle-toms-cabin-hardcover","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}