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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 African Americans and slavery in the U.S., and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the [American] Civil War".
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". [2] This same review also commends Stowe's self-control and character. This impression of Stowe and the reception of the book is very ...
Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (/ s t oʊ /; June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist.She came from the religious Beecher family and wrote the popular novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions experienced by enslaved African Americans.
Uncle Tom is the title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. [1] The character was seen in the Victorian era as a ground-breaking literary attack against the dehumanization of slaves.
Simms and Hentz's books were two of between 20 and 30 pro-slavery novels written in the decade after Uncle Tom's Cabin. Another well-known author who published anti-Tom novels is John Pendleton Kennedy. [4] Mary Henderson Eastman's Aunt Phillis's Cabin was one of the bestselling novels of the genre.
Uncle Tom's Cabin was the most-filmed story of the silent film era [1] with at least nine known adaptations between 1903 – 1927. This popularity was due to the continuing popularity of both the book and " Tom shows ", meaning audiences were already familiar with the characters and the plot, making it easier for the film to be understood ...
The influence of the "Tom shows" also carried over into the silent film era (with Uncle Tom's Cabin being the most-filmed story of that time period). [8] This was due to the continuing popularity of both the book and "Tom shows," meaning audiences were already familiar with the characters and the plot, making it easier for the film to be ...
A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe; Film adaptations of Uncle Tom's Cabin; Onkel Toms Hütte (Berlin U-Bahn), a U-Bahn station; Tom Shows, stage productions based on Uncle Tom's Cabin; Uncle Tom, a pejorative term for a black person who is perceived as behaving subserviently to white authority