Uncle Tom's Cabin
Metro Stop: White Flint
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![Riley-Bolten House, inspiration for Uncle Tom's Cabin (Source: Wikipedia) Riley-Bolten House, inspiration for Uncle Tom's Cabin (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Riley-Bolten_House_02_0.jpg?itok=ErAEkFZY)
Slave life at the the Riley-Bolten House served as the inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe's book Uncle Tom's Cabin. (Source: Wikipedia)
Since the eponymous mall is now defunct, “White Flint” may itself soon be a piece of history. However, we found a site that might be more interesting: Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Located at 11420 Georgetown Road, the Riley-Bolten House rests on the farm where Josiah Henson lived and worked as a slave from 1795-1830. Harriet Beecher Stowe used Henson’s memoirs to develop the title character in her book that, according to Lincoln, started the Civil War. Seems pretty significant, but hey, if you’d rather name the station after a mall that once housed a Dave and Busters, be our guest.