Book Title Page

ID: 2577 ~ Source: Courtesy of the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/item/04019035/ ~ Creator: R.F. Fenno & Company ~ Date: 1904

This file appears in: Courthouse Square and Mechanics’ Row Historic District

Images for Beecher’s book often depict the character Uncle Tom. Here, the character is shown with another character, Clare. In the book, Clare and Uncle Tom form a special bond.

This file appears in: Courthouse Square and Mechanics’ Row Historic District

Courthouse Square and Mechanics’ Row Historic District

By Joanna E. Hahn

The first courthouse in what was then Washington, Kentucky (now part of Maysville) often was the site of auctions of enslaved Black individuals on the courthouse grounds. In 1833, while visiting one of her students, Harriet Beecher Stowe took a walk…