Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward Afr
Title page for Volume I of the first edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)
An engraving of Harriet Beecher Stowe from 1872, based on an oil painting by Alonzo Chappel
First appearance of Uncle Tom's Cabin as serialized in The National Era (June 5, 1851)
A full-page illustration by Hammatt Billings for the first edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1852. Eliza tells Uncle Tom that he has been sold and she is running away to save her child.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the Beecher family and wrote a popular novel called Uncle Tom's Cabin, which depicts the harsh conditions experie
Uncle Tom's Cabin
…Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S., and is said to have…
Stowe c. 1870
Portrait of Stowe by Alanson Fisher, 1853 (National Portrait Gallery)
Daguerreotype portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852
Harriet Beecher Stowe's grave