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Published in 1852, a mere nine years before the start of the US Civil War, Harriet Beecher Stowe's heartbreaking classic "Uncle Tom's Cabin" seeks to unmask the horrors of slavery, revealing the brutalities that those who had not witnessed them could never have imagined, the terrors that those in the thick of it struggled to deny. In her story of suffering, barbarism, hope, and redemption, Stowe won millions to the abolitionist, or anti-slavery, cause in the US, and she created one of the most iconic and enduring novels in American literature.
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" was not intended to become a full-length novel, but its huge popularity led a publisher to contact Stowe and convince her to expand it. Though already an active abolitionist, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was the impetus for Stowe to write the novel, which became a symbol of the power of literature in social reform. "Uncle Tom’s Cabin" was the best-selling novel of the nineteenth century and was only outsold by the Bible. The novel became a cultural phenomenon, spawning “Uncle Tom Plays” and giving birth to character tropes “Uncle Tom,” “Topsy,” “Simon Legree,” and others. The novel was banned in many of the Southern states and later in the Confederacy. Its popularity helped spread and strengthen the abolitionist movement throughout the Union. In spite of its role in the anti-slavery movement, the book is not without controversy. It is critiqued for perpetuating racial stereotypes; these negative connections often overshadow its historical significance.
"Uncle Tom’s Cabin" is comprised of two occasionally intersecting plots following Uncle Tom as he is sold down the river and Eliza and George Harris as they make their way north to freedom. Tom and Eliza are both slaves to the Shelby family of Kentucky. The Shelbys are indulgent masters and treat their slaves well. Tom is particularly well-liked by both the family and his fellow slaves for his honest, pious nature. Young George Shelby has a deep fondness for him.
Mr. Shelby runs up debts, and his mortgage passes into the possession of Mr. Haley, a slave trader. Shelby is obliged to sell Tom and Harry, the sons of Eliza and George Harris...
Stowe's novel is a story of cruelty and hope, of faith and despair, and of humanity in the face of inhumanity.
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Action and Adventure, Children's Literature
Length20 hrs 6 mins
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Publish dateSep 5, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
2Chapter 1. In Which The Reader Is Introduced To A Man Of Humanity
3Chapter 2. The Mother
4Chapter 3. The Husband And Father
5Chapter 4. An Evening In Uncle Tom's Cabin
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6Chapter 5. Showing The Feelings Of Living Property On Changing Owners
7Chapter 6. Discovery
8Chapter 7. The Mother's Struggle
9Chapter 8. Eliza's Escape
10Chapter 9. In Which It Appears That A Senator Is But A Man
11Chapter 10. The Property Is Carried Off
12Chapter 11. In Which Property Gets Into An Improper State Of Mind
13Chapter 12. Select Incident Of Lawful Trade
14Chapter 13. The Quaker Settlement
15Chapter 14. Evangeline
16Chapter 15. Of Tom's New Master, And Various Other Matters
17Chapter 16. Tom's Mistress And Her Opinions
18Chapter 17. The Freeman's Defence
19Chapter 18. Miss Ophelia's Experiences And Opinions
20VOLUME 2
21Chapter 19. Miss Ophelia's Experiences And Opinions Continued
22Chapter 20. Topsy
23Chapter 21. Kentuck
24Chapter 22. "The Grass Withereth—The Flower Fadeth"
25Chapter 23. Henrique
26Chapter 24. Foreshadowings
27Chapter 25. The Little Evangelist
28Chapter 26. Death
29Chapter 27. "This Is The Last Of Earth"
30Chapter 28. Reunion
31Chapter 29. The Unprotected
32Chapter 30. The Slave Warehouse
33Chapter 31. The Middle Passage
34Chapter 32. Dark Places
35Chapter 33. Cassy
36Chapter 34. The Quadroon's Story
37Chapter 35. The Tokens
38Chapter 36. Emmeline And Cassy
39Chapter 37. Liberty
40Chapter 38. The Victory
41Chapter 39. The Stratagem
42Chapter 40. The Martyr
43Chapter 41. The Young Master
44Chapter 42. An Authentic Ghost Story
45Chapter 43. Results
46Chapter 44. The Liberator
47Chapter 45. Concluding Remarks
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