Uncle Tom's Cabin Historical Site
Nowadays, the home where my wife and I lived in freedom is called Uncle Tom’s Cabin, referring to Harriet Beecher's Stowe novel. Today, on that same site, there is a Historic Site run by the Ontario Heritage Trust. Many visitors flock to the museum and a man named Steven Cook rus the site. He is dedicated to the idea of this museum which is based on my life. Cook told about neighbors in the area whose ancestors escaped from the south and settled in Ontario long ago. Our home, 'Uncle Tom’s Cabin', is open for all to see. So is the chapel where I once worshipped and the organ which I once played. The museum auditorium houses first edition prints of Stowe's 'Uncle Tom’s Cabin' and her sequel detailing how her book was based on my life. My autobiography is for sale in the museum store. There is a museum gallery which has many exhibits about my life as a slave and as a free man when I settled at this site in the mid 1800s. I was determined not to let my horrible experiences of childhood and my life as a slave deter me from making a positive difference in this world.