Inspired character from famous novel
Posted on December 7, 2007 by admin
Question: Did the person upon whom the charter of George Harris from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” ever live in Lexington?
Answer: Yes according to a December 2, 1895 article on the front page of the Leader that contained this entry under the headling “End is near”:
Lewis George Clark, the venerable old colored man who is the original “George Harris” or Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s great story of slavery “Uncle Tom’s Cabin, ” was moved from his home, 57 Race street, this morning to the colored department of the Protestant Infirmary.
Linda Niemi
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My mother was a public school librarian. I earned a bachelor’s degree in music and a master’s degree in library and information science from the University of Kentucky. The Herald-Leader hired me as a news assistant 25 years ago; soon after, I moved to the news research department, where I’ve been ever since. We used to clip newspapers. Now, almost all of our research is online. We've come a long way.