Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Overview
- The novel Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly was published in 1852 and is widely regarded as a major abolitionist work that influenced attitudes toward slavery in the United States.
- Stowe was an American author and abolitionist whose work helped mobilize anti-slavery sentiment in the 1850s.
Key details
- Origins and impact: Stowe published Uncle Tom's Cabin first as a serialized story in The National Era in 1851 before it appeared in book form in 1852, and it became a best-seller in the U.S. and Britain, intensifying anti-slavery sentiment.
- Context and motivation: The novel was written in part as a response to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and aimed to depict the cruelties of slavery and humanize enslaved people.
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