Harriet Beecher Stowe Wrote a Work of Fiction That Seemed So Real That It Changed the History of the Country Smithsonian - History 8 June 2026 at 15:00 To fight against slavery, the author collected true stories then picked up a pen and distilled them into “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
Among All the Great Things Benjamin Franklin Invented or Discovered, His Alter Egos Gave Him the Most Freedom Smithsonian - History 8 June 2026 at 13:00 Silence Dogood. Richard Saunders. Benevolus. Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim. All were pen names that allowed Franklin to say things he couldn’t have otherwise said
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