Length26h 31m
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The reaction of Stowe's contemporaries to A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin was very similar to the reaction to Uncle Tom's Cabin, with both very positive and very negative reviews. The responses of abolitionists and Northerners in general were among the positive, lauding the documentation of the evils of slavery and the confirmation of the truth of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The great interest in Uncle Tom's Cabin in England also transferred to the Key. One English review of the 1853 publication called it a "marvelous book, more so if possible than Uncle Tom's Cabin itself". This same review also commends Stowe's self-control and character. This impression of Stowe and the reception of the book is much different than the reaction to the Key in the South. The pro-slavery response to the Key paralleled the response to Uncle Tom's Cabin. Despite Stowe's use of documented examples, most Southern reviews still claimed that Stowe was misrepresenting slavery and exaggerating the cruelty of the institution. A review in the Southern Literary Messenger called the Key a "distortion of the facts and mutilation of the records, for the sake of giving substance to the scandalous fancy, and reduplicating the falsehood of the representation". Although these reviews claimed that Stowe was misrepresenting slavery, they did not accuse Stowe of using false documentation. Rather they claimed that the examples that Stowe provided are the most extreme instances, which she gathered to give the worst possible impression of the institution of slavery, and of the South. One critic, William Simms, accused her of using faulty argumentation by gathering facts to prove her assumption, instead of forming assumptions based on facts. Another pro-slavery response to both Uncle Tom's Cabin and A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin was attacks on Stowe's character. Many reviews made insinuations about what sort of woman Stowe must be to write about such events as were found in the Key. A review by George Holmes questioned whether "scenes of license and impurity, and ideas of loathsome depravity and habitual prostitution [are] to be made the cherished topics of the female pen"; he appealed to women, especially Southern women, not to read Stowe's works. In spite of the varied reviews of A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin, it sold well: 90,000 copies in the first month, a clear best-seller.
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GenreHistory, General Fiction
Length26 hrs 31 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 30, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE.
2PART I.
3CHAPTER I.
4CHAPTER II. MR. HALEY.
5CHAPTER III. MR. AND MRS. SHELBY.
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6CHAPTER IV. GEORGE HARRIS.
7CHAPTER V. ELIZA.
8CHAPTER VI. UNCLE TOM.
9CHAPTER VII. MISS OPHELIA.
10CHAPTER VIII. MARIE ST. CLARE.
11CHAPTER IX. ST. CLARE.
12CHAPTER X. LEGREE.
13CHAPTER XI. SELECT INCIDENTS OF LAWFUL TRADE.
14CHAPTER XII. TOPSY.
15CHAPTER XIII. THE QUAKERS.
16CHAPTER XIV. THE SPIRIT OF ST. CLARE.
17PART II.
18CHAPTER I.
19CHAPTER II. WHAT IS SLAVERY?
20CHAPTER III. SOUTHER v. THE COMMONWEALTH—THE NE PLUS ULTRA OF LEGAL HUMANITY.
21CHAPTER IV. PROTECTIVE STATUTES.
22CHAPTER V. PROTECTIVE ACTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND LOUISIANA.—THE IRON COLLAR OF LOUISIANA AND NORTH CAROLINA.
23CHAPTER VI. PROTECTIVE ACTS WITH REGARD TO FOOD AND RAIMENT, LABOR, ETC.
24CHAPTER VII. THE EXECUTION OF JUSTICE.
25CHAPTER VIII. THE GOOD OLD TIMES.
26CHAPTER IX. MODERATE CORRECTION AND ACCIDENTAL DEATH—STATE v. CASTLEMAN.
27CHAPTER X. PRINCIPLES ESTABLISHED.—STATE v. LEGREE; A CASE NOT IN THE BOOKS.
28CHAPTER XI. THE TRIUMPH OF JUSTICE OVER LAW.
29CHAPTER XII. A COMPARISON OF THE ROMAN LAW OF SLAVERY WITH THE AMERICAN.
30CHAPTER XIII. THE MEN BETTER THAN THEIR LAWS.
31CHAPTER XIV. THE HEBREW SLAVE-LAW COMPARED WITH THE AMERICAN SLAVE-LAW.
32CHAPTER XV. SLAVERY IS DESPOTISM.
33PART III.
34CHAPTER I. DOES PUBLIC OPINION PROTECT THE SLAVE?
35CHAPTER II. PUBLIC OPINION FORMED BY EDUCATION.
36CHAPTER III. SEPARATION OF FAMILIES.
37CHAPTER IV. THE SLAVE-TRADE.
38CHAPTER V. SELECT INCIDENTS OF LAWFUL TRADE, OR FACTS STRANGER THAN FICTION.
39CHAPTER VI.
40CHAPTER VII.
41CHAPTER VIII. KIDNAPPING.
42CHAPTER IX. SLAVES AS THEY ARE, ON TESTIMONY OF OWNERS.
43CHAPTER X. “POOR WHITE TRASH.”
44PART IV.
45CHAPTER I. THE INFLUENCE OF THE AMERICAN CHURCH ON SLAVERY.
46CHAPTER II.
47CHAPTER III. MARTYRDOM.
48CHAPTER IV. SERVITUDE IN THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH COMPARED WITH AMERICAN SLAVERY.
49CHAPTER V.
50CHAPTER VI.
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