Uncle Tom was a real person; his cabin is in Canada

Feb 07, 05 11:12 am DRESDEN, ONTARIO - 'When my feet first touched the Canada shore, I threw myself on the ground, rolled in the sand, seized handfuls of it and kissed them and danced around, till, in the eyes of several who were present, I passed for a madman.'- Josiah Henson Harriet Beecher Stowe, a small-town Connecticut woman whose family was known as the "Beecher preachers" for their long lineage of ministers, was so appalled by slavery, she penned a story about one fugitive slave's life and called it "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Her novel was based largely on the autobiography "The Life of Josiah Henson Formerly a Slave." Full Story: http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=4182_0_1_0_M