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Josiah Henson Museum Spotlights the Real ‘Uncle Tom’

Montgomery Community Media (MyMCM) spoke with Mark Thorne, historic site manager at Josiah Henson Museum and Park for their profile of Reverend Josiah Henson, the inspiration for the Uncle Tom character in Harriett Beecher Stowe’s novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and formerly enslaved person from Montgomery County.