Published serially in 1851-1852 and in book form in 1852, Uncle Tom's Cabin is a landmark work of American literature that exposed the horrors of slavery and galvanized the abolitionist movement. Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel tells the story of Tom, a slave who is bought and sold by a succession of cruel and hypocritical masters, and Eliza, a young mother who escapes with her son across the frozen Ohio River. With its vivid characters and stirring...