about uncle tom himself and josiah henson is cited.ook about his experiences. >> reporter: this is really the book that says, josiah henson was your inspiration. his name is listed. so there is no question. >> one of her inspirations. >> one of them. >> reporter: she used many sources but that is true. i want to show some of this because this is really rare. >> well, print materials are one thing. there are multiple copies. manuscript materials, these are letters and signatures so here is josiah henson's signature from the stow center's collection. here's another one. this is a man who live in slavery and bondage and doesn't learn to read and write. he doesn't have a fancy signature. but if you look at this letter here another 19th century letter which is narrated by him, it's from him and signed by him but somebody else had to write it. >> reporter: so think of that moment. he's telling his story which is amazing so he is telling his story but the person that's listening realizes that it needs to be written down and uses his ability t

we're at josiah henson special park. but it was the pbs show time team america that targeted this site a few weeks ago. they picked four national sites, and this was one of them. it's going to be featured in an episode coming up in the next year. they bring the team on location and have the latest technology in he remembers of it archeology but they also need a little help from young people in our area and they were up to the task. they are part of the field school. alexandra jones joins us as well as young budding archeologists. good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: so tell me about the field school. >> what the field school is, a 4.5 day program where the students come out, they have all signed registrations forms, they learn about archeology, then learn about all the sciences that are incorporated with archeology and then get to participate and conduct hands- on activities for the full week. >> sea,' week. >> reporter: we should have video of the upcoming video. >> what happened was we come into the area. we not

just recently what they think to be the foundation of eager a barn or black smith shop in which josiah henson possibly worked. they know he is a slave here. and he is important because it is his autobiography that inspired harriet beacher stowe to right the landmark novel uncle tom's cabin. we'll fopped out about the dig. we have the executive director of the harriet beacher stowe center from connecticut coming down to talk to us. -- we'll find out about the dig. >> thank you so much. we'll check in with you. time now for our facebook fan dost and today, we say hello to brandon washington. -- facebook fan of the day. he says he looks forward to tuning in so he can learn what is happening here and around the world. thank you for watching and for your chance to be tomorrow's fan of the day, log onto our facebook page and leave a comment under branton's pick. >> that does it for the 6:00 hour. now, let's send it over to sail on and wisdom. >> good morning. see you next hour, sarah. coming up on a wednesday morning, an amber alert canceled overnight. >> investigators continue to search for clues.