Weld contributed to the anti-slavery convictions of such men as Joshua R. Giddings and Edwin M. Stanton, enlisted John Quincy Adams, and helped provide ideas which underlay Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Joel Chandler Harris's ' Br ' er Rabbit ' of the Uncle Remus stories is said to be patterned after High John the Conqueror.

As well as stories from the Old Testament, John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress and Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, she grew up with Aesop ’ s Fables, the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies, the folk tales and mythology of Scotland, the German Romantics, Shakespeare, and the romances of Sir Walter Scott.

" Baum mentions his characters ' distaste for a Hopi snake dance in Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John, but also deplores the horrible situation of Indian Reservations.

* Uncle Ugly's Underground Doom by Ugly John Carver

Disconcerted and confused, he and Casy meet their old neighbor, Muley Graves, who tells them that the family has gone to stay at Uncle John Joad's home nearby.

* Uncle John Joad – Older brother of Pa Joad ( Tom describes him as " a fella about 60 ", but the narrator later tells you he is 50 ), feels responsible for the death of his young wife years before when he ignored her pleas for a doctor because he thought she just had a stomachache, when she actually had a burst appendix.

* John Stephenson-Colossus, Eric the Viking, Loki, Mordred, Shocker, Thunderbird, Uncle Ben, Ymir

Full page illustration by Hammatt Billings for Uncle Tom's Cabin ( First Edition: Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1852 ).

Eliza crosses the Ohio on the cover of Pictures and Stories from Uncle Tom ’ s Cabin, Boston: John P. Jewett & Co., 1853

* Uncle Tom's cabin: or Life among the lowly ; frontispiece by John Gilbert ; ornamental title-page by Phiz ; and 130 engravings on wood by Matthew Urlwin Sears, 1853 ( a searchable facsimile at the University of Georgia Libraries ; DjVu & layered PDF format )

Uncle Tupelo was inspired by bands such as Jason & the Scorchers and The Minutemen, influencing the recording of Wilco's A. M .. Tweedy and O ' Rourke enjoyed free jazz artists such as Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, and Derek Bailey ; they also listen to mainstream jazz by artists such as Miles Davis and John Coltrane.

In 1980 he played the Funny Uncle in a dramatisation of the John Betjeman poem " Indoor Games Near Newbury ", part of an ITV special titled Betjeman's Britain that also starred Peter Cook and Susannah York.

" Uncle John ," as Carl called him, was an African American in his sixties who played blues and gospel on his battered acoustic guitar.

Most famously, " Uncle John " advised Carl when playing the guitar to " Get down close to it.

The following year Pryce appeared in three of the earliest episodes of the improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway ?, alongside Paul Merton and John Sessions, and in another play by Chekhov, Uncle Vanya at the Vaudeville Theatre.

* Uncle Ben appears in the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends episode " Along Came Spidey " voiced by John Stephenson.

His Uncle John, a mechanic in San Bernardino, California, helped Nilsson improve his vocal and musical abilities.

Alongside John Dexter's Chichester staging of Saint Joan, Olivier's Uncle Vanya was first revived in Chichester in 1963 before transferring to the Old Vic as part of the nascent Royal National Theatre's inaugural season, winning rave reviews and Redgrave's second win as Best Actor in the 1963 Evening Standard Awards.

Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in book form on March 20, 1852, by John P. Jewett with an initial print run of 5, 000 copies.

In March, the Sydney Theatre Company and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that STC's 2010 production of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya would be reprised in Washington, D. C. during the month of August In April, months of speculation finally ended when Weaving appeared on The Hobbit's New Zealand set, shortly before a production spokesman officially confirmed the actor's return as Elrond in Peter Jackson's two-film prequel to Lord of the Rings.

The company released its John Malkovich menswear collection, " Uncle Kimono ," in 2003 and its second clothing line, " Technobohemian ," in 2010.

** Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John ( as " Edith Van Dyne ")

Among the artists working on the Disney comic strips were Floyd Gottfredson ( Mickey Mouse, Treasury of Classic Tales, holiday ), Roman Arambula ( Mickey Mouse ), Rick Hoover ( Mickey Mouse, Gummy Bears ), Manuel Gonzales ( Mickey Mouse ), Bill Wright ( Mickey Mouse, Uncle Remus ), Ted Thwaites ( Mickey Mouse ), Riley Thomson ( Uncle Remus ), Chuck Fuson ( Uncle Remus ), John Ushler ( Treasury of Classic Tales, Scamp, Uncle Remus, holiday ), Carson Van Osten ( Mickey Mouse ), Al Taliaferro ( Donald Duck ), Frank Grundeen ( Donald Duck ), Al Hubbard ( Donald Duck ), Kay Wright ( Donald Duck ), Ellis Eringer ( Donald Duck ), Dick Moores ( Uncle Remus ), Paul Murry ( Jose Carioca, Uncle Remus ), Daan Jippes ( Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse ), Tony Strobl ( Donald Duck, holiday ), Jim Engel ( Mickey Mouse ), Ken Hultgren ( Mickey Mouse and His Friends ), Julius Svendsen ( Mickey Mouse and His Friends, Treasury of Classic Tales ), George Wheeler ( True Life Adventures ), Jesse Marsh ( Treasury of Classic Tales ), Richard Moore ( Winnie the Pooh ) and Bob Grant ( Merry Menagerie ).

It is evident that Lizzie did not tell everything she overheard between her father and her Uncle Morse.

This officer had asked Lizzie if she suspected her Uncle Morse, and she replied she didn't think he did it because he left the house before the murders and returned after them.

* Uncle Peck-David Morse

The story was also made into the 1959 Broadway musical Take Me Along starring Jackie Gleason as the drunken Uncle Sid ( Beery's role in the film ), Walter Pidgeon as Nat and Robert Morse as Richard.

Morse has received acclaim for his portrayal of Uncle Peck on the Off-Broadway play How I Learned to Drive for which he earned a Drama Desk and Obie Award.

True, she was my Aunt, married to an Uncle related to me only by marriage, but why she had married a man twice her age, and more, perhaps, I did not know or much care.

When she appeared at the store to help out for a few hours even my looking at her was surreptitious lest my Uncle notice it.

For several weeks we eyed one another almost like sparring partners, and then one day Uncle was slightly indisposed and stayed home ; ;

As we expected, on the following day my Uncle was completely recovered and opened the store as usual at 10 in the morning.

It was not as though she noted clearly that her nephews had not been to see her for ten years, not since their last journey eastward to witness their Uncle Izaak being lowered into the rocky soil ; ;

There was the day Uncle Izaak had, in an unexpected grandiose gesture, handed over the pretty sloop to Abel for keeps, on condition that he never fail to let his brother accompany him whenever younger the boy wished.

`` Uncle Sam '' was, indeed, a rich uncle to Prokofieff, in those opulent, post-war victory years of peace and prosperity, bold speculations and extravaganzas, enjoyment and pleasure: `` The Golden Twenties ''.

In an age of oratory, he was the king of orators, and both he himself and Chief Justice Marshall were bathed in manly tears, as Uncle Dan'l reached his thundering climax:

Another verse was first recorded in Harriet Beecher Stowe's immensely influential 1852 anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.

* Uncle Sam ( initials U. S .) is a common national personification of the American government that according to legend came into use during the War of 1812 and was supposedly named for Samuel Wilson a meat packer in New York, who supplied rations for the soldiers.

He wrote one Uncle Scrooge story, three Donald Duck stories and from 1970-1974 was the main writer for the Junior Woodchucks comic book ( issues 6 through 25 ).

Zonker, still not ready for the “ real world ”, was living with Mike and JJ until he was accepted as a medical student at his Uncle Duke ’ s “ Baby Doc College ” in Haiti.

One contribution was An Index of Uncle Scrooge Comics.

At a time when most movie-related publications glorified the stars in front of the camera, " Uncle Forry ", as he was referred to by many of his fans, promoted the behind-the-scenes artists involved in the magic of movies.

" Uncle Joe ", as he was known, often clashed with fellow Republican Theodore Roosevelt, who Cannon remarked had " no more use for the Constitution than a tomcat has for a marriage license ".

St-Laurent was initially very well received by the Canadian public, but by 1957, " Uncle Louis " and his government began to appear tired, old and out of touch.

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, the bestselling novel that fueled abolitionist work, was the best known of the anti-slavery novels that portrayed such escapes across the Ohio.

Published when the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was a bestseller, Northup's book sold 30, 000 copies within three years.

References to the show in popular culture began during its original broadcast when it was parodied in an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show, fittingly titled " The Man from My Uncle ", References in other televison shows have continued over the years, including a 2011 episode of Mad Men, " The Chrysanthemum and the Sword ".

Grandfather Vincent had six sons, three of whom became art dealers, including another Vincent who was referred to in van Gogh's letters as " Uncle Cent ".

Named Uncle Ollie, or OLI ( Omnipresent Laser Interceptor ), it was a space-based defensive laser run by an intelligent program.

The chief deity of the Qatabanians was Amm, or " Uncle " and the people called themselves the " children of Amm ".

Implicit to " Uncle Tomming " was the unspoken reminder to white folk that a presumably inferior and sub-human person could not, reasonably, be held responsible for poorly realized work, a kitchen fire, or any such catastrophic offense.