American writer, and Activist best known for Thanksgiving in 1853 featured an article in her book Woman's Record Or, Sketches of All Distinguished Women about Garafilia. In the 1850s, Carl Hause commissioned Carl Gartner to compose a mazurka for piano to honor the Greek slave girl Garafilia. Carl Gartner and Carl Hause had a popular trio in the Boston area; they also taught music. Many ships were named after Garafilia, they were located at different ports. Some include Honolulu, Baltimore and Rio de Janeiro. Parents began to name their children after the popular subject, and some people changed their names to Garafilia Mohalbi. The popularity of the Greek slave story was circulating throughout the United States. Prominent American sculptor Hiram Powers traveled to Europe to see the slave trade. While in Florence he began to sculpt the popular sculpture The Greek Slave. Many other artists adapted the subject matter which inspired The Slave Market (Gérôme painting), The Slave Market (Boulanger painting) and the slave Market Otto Pilny in the latter part of the 19th century. In 1851, Christophoros Plato Kastanes published his book which features a chapter about his experience as a runaway slave from Chios in war-torn Greece. The book became extremely popular in the United States and multiple editions were published. Harriet Beecher Stowe in The Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin, alludes to using the Greek slave girl Garafilia as inspiration for Uncle Tom's Cabin by writing “I was in Smyrna when our American consul ransomed a beautiful Greek girl in the slave-market. I saw her come aboard the brig ‘Suffolk,’ when she came on board to be sent to America for her education”. Other Greek American Slaves Christophorus Castanis George Colvocoresses Joseph Stephanini Halet Logotheti See also The Slave Market at Constantinople Mary Mildred Williams James Jakob Williams References Bibliography 1817 births 1830 deaths Greek emigrants to the United States Greek slaves from the Ottoman Empire 19th-century Greek Americans 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Massachusetts Child deaths