New Discovery At The Plantation Site That Inspired "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
A dig has uncovered what may be the remains of a structure present when Josiah Henson lived and worked as a slave on the former plantation.
An archaeological dig in North Bethesda has uncovered what may be the remains of a barn or blacksmith workshop tied to Josiah Henson, a former slave who inspired the novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” The Baltimore Sun reported. Archaeologists from the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the PBS program "Time Team America" have been onsite at the Josiah Henson Special Park this week, once the site of a plantation where Henson lived and worked as a slave. PBS crews are filming the three-day excavation to air in 2013 as part of the “Time Team America” program, which highlights digs across the country. The Josiah Henson site, purchased by Park and Planning in 2006, is in the process of being developed into a public museum. …
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Sammi
11:24 pm on Friday, August 17, 2012
It is my understanding that the "cabin" that my tax dollars funded, post dates any period when Mr. Henson could have lived and worked there. But, then------who cares since we are all just keeping the black man in chains------just ask our Vice President. more ›