Home›Sources›First Parish Church, Brunswick, Maine (Wikipedia)SourcesFirst Parish Church, Brunswick, Maine (Wikipedia)sourceCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "First Parish Church, Brunswick, Maine (Wikipedia)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/first-parish-church-brunswick-wikipedia.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). First Parish Church, Brunswick, Maine (Wikipedia). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/first-parish-church-brunswick-wikipediaCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-first-parish-church-brunswick-maine-wiki, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {First Parish Church, Brunswick, Maine (Wikipedia)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/first-parish-church-brunswick-wikipedia}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXWikipedia's dedicated article on First Parish Church in Brunswick, Maine, stating that on May 2, 1851, Harriet Beecher Stowe had a vision while sitting in pew 23 of the church, of an enslaved man wounded from a beating, and that the incident inspired Uncle Tom's Cabin. States plainly that the church is today an Open and Affirming congregation of the United Church of Christ.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (18 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested3Tier three, general reference encyclopedia entry, matching this database's established convention for Wikipedia citations. Cites two published sources of its own for the Stowe vision (Pullen's Joshua Chamberlain biography and Buchanan's American Women's Rights Movement chronology) and its United Church of Christ affiliation is independently confirmed by the congregation's own public Open and Affirming status.CitationPublisherWell-attestedWikipediaURLWell-attestedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Parish_Church_(Brunswick,_Maine)Source TypeWell-attestedreference-databaseCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithMaine, States & Territories Well-attested This source names Maine directly: "on First Parish Church in Brunswick, Maine, stating that on May 2, 1851, Harriet Beecher Stowe had a vision while sitting in pew 23 of the church, of an enslaved man wounded from a beating, and that..."Source First Parish Church, Brunswick, Maine (Wikipedia)tier 3United Church of Christ, Denominations Well-attested This source names United Church of Christ directly: "Open and Affirming congregation of the United Church of Christ."Source First Parish Church, Brunswick, Maine (Wikipedia)tier 3Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicLiterary Works, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.Articles, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested11ArticlesA Vision in a Brunswick Pew Shaped a Turning Point of the NovelLiterary WorksUncle Tom's CabinSourcesFirst Parish Church, Brunswick, Maine (Wikipedia)Holds4Literary WorksUncle Tom's CabinSourcesFirst Parish Church, Brunswick, Maine (Wikipedia)Connected1Literary WorksUncle Tom's CabinGeneral References2ArticlesA Vision in a Brunswick Pew Shaped a Turning Point of the NovelLiterary WorksUncle Tom's CabinComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year