Harriet Beacher Stowe

The Pearl Incident of 1848 is the largest recorded non-violent slave escape attempt that might have been successful if it weren’t thwarted by an embittered slave. According to some historians, the incident  inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The escape involved a Chesapeake Bay schooner called The Pearl. At the time, Washington, […]