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The site once took its name from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s successful 1852 anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, featuring a character named Tom (loosely based on Josiah Henson). The Ontario Heritage Trust renamed the site in 2022.
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29251 Freedom Road (formerly Uncle Tom's Road) Dresden, Ontario N0P 1M0 Contact: Steven Cook Telephone: 519-683-2978 Fax: 519-683-1256 Email: jhm@heritagetrust.on.ca
May 18 to October 25, 2024— Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. School and groups of 15 or more can be pre-booked by emailor phone year-round.
Adults: $7Seniors: $6Students (aged 13-17): $5.50Children (aged 6-12): $4.50Picnic areaWashroomsParkingWheelchair accessIn July 2022, the museum changed its name from Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site to the Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History. Grounds. The historic site is situated in southwest Dresden, near the Sydenham River.
In A Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin, ... Until recently, it was known as Uncle Tom’s Historic Site. Local members of the Black community had tried to change the museum’s name since the 1990s, but ...
May 23, 2022 · Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site, located in Dresden, explores the life and leadership of Josiah Henson, an abolitionist, preacher and conductor of the Underground Railroad. “This is a man who...
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Jul 30, 2022 · Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site in Dresden, Ontario, changes its name to reclaim the legacy of Josiah Henson, renowned 19th-century abolitionist, Underground Railroad conductor and preacher.
A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin is a book by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was published to document the veracity of the depiction of slavery in Stowe's anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852).
