December 17, 2014
Uncle T and the Uppity Spy’s star character Jim Lewis stayed on the Confederate side of the war. Today Jim might be labeled an “Uncle Tom,” which is […]
December 17, 2014
The gospel song “Wade in the Water” is often sung today at baptisms. However, in the era of slavery, the song contained covert guidance for escaping. Since bloodhounds […]
December 17, 2014
“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good […]
December 14, 2014
Some black men volunteered to fight for the Confederacy out of loyalty to their homeland. For example, a militia of 440 free black men formed up […]
December 14, 2014
These days, the term “Uncle Tom” can hold two distinct meanings. The first is spun out of the derivative adaptations of Harriet Stowe’s original novel Uncle […]
November 28, 2014
The purpose of Newson Publishing is to relay history in an enjoyable way. Fiction, as someone once said, lies to tell the truth. Sometimes stories enliven historical […]
November 28, 2014
This Nathan Bedford Forrest book tells his true story plus what’s been absent from other interpretations of his life, which includes the 45+ black Confederates that […]
November 21, 2014
Newson Publishing's young adult book Uncle T and the Uppity Spy, book is about Jackson's relationship with Jim Lewis, his slave, right-hand-man, and confidante. Stonewall Jackson […]