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Selling more than 300,000 copies the first year it was published, Stowe's powerful abolitionist novel fueled the fire of the human rights debate in 1852. Denouncing the institution of slavery in dramatic terms, the incendiary novel quickly draws the reader into the world of slaves... Read Full Overview

In light of accumulating significant debts, Arthur Shelby, a farmer from Kentucky, finds himself on the verge of losing his entire estate. Despite his and his wife's compassionate treatment of their slaves, Shelby is compelled to sell two of them to Mr. Haley, a rugged slave... Read Full Overview

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Published in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe?s novel was a powerful indictment of slavery in America. Describing the many trials and eventual escape to freedom of the long-suffering, good-hearted slave Uncle Tom, it aimed to show how Christian love can overcome any human cruelty... Read Full Overview

If you've never read this famous classic novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe about the life and martyr's death of a beautiful person and slave affectionately named Uncle Tom, you're in for a treat! The story is filled with beautiful symbolism of a love that transcends and someone... Read Full Overview

Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War. The sentimental novel depicts the reality of slavery while also asserting... Read Full Overview

A monumental work of American literature, Uncle Tom's Cabin charts the progress to freedom of fugitives who escape the chains of slavery, and of a martyr who transcends all earthly ties. This edition firmly locates the novel within the context of African-American writing, the... Read Full Overview

Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War," according to Will Kaufman. Stowe, a Connecticut-born teacher at the Hartford Female Seminary... Read Full Overview

When Harriet Beecher Stowe was introduced to Abraham Lincoln in 1862, the president reportedly said, "So this is the little woman who made this great war." Apocryphal or not, the words were apt. Uncle Tom's Cabin portrayal of the evils of institutionalized slavery galvanized... Read Full Overview

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, first published in 1852. It is one of the most influential works of American literature, often credited with helping to ignite the abolitionist movement in the United States. Here's an analysis of some key elements... Read Full Overview

A devoutly Christian slave becomes separated from his wife and family when he is sold to the brutal planter, Simon Legree.

This edition includes 26 illustrations. "Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly", is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", according to Will Kaufman. Stowe, a Connecticut-born... Read Full Overview

In the nineteenth century, Uncle Tom's Cabin sold more copies than any book in the world except the Bible. Upon publication, it was quickly translated into thirty-seven languages and has never gone out of print. It remains a controversial and complex text that, along with David... Read Full Overview

Uncle Tom's Cabin the anti-slavery masterpiece by Harriet Beecher Stowe caused a sensation when it was published in 1852. Laying the groundwork for the Civil War by emphasizing the moral failure at the heart of slavery. Intensifying the conflict between the north and south it... Read Full Overview

The novel that changed the course of American history