Uncle Tom’s Cabin was on the western side of Wellington Street near the present day Hampden Way turning.

Gloucester Journal; October 29th, 1881: Josiah Henson, the original hero of Mr. Beecher Stowe’s ‘Uncle Tom Cabin’, has died in Canada at the age of 87. He was a slave for 40 years and afterwards became a religious minister. He leaves 11 children, 44 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Landlord:

1879 John Kay

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