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Novel (also known as Life Among the Lowly) by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published in serialized form in 1851-52 and in book form in 1852. While being transported by boat to a slave
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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auction in New Orleans, the saintly, dignified slave Uncle Tom saves the life of Little Eva St. Clare, whose grateful father purchases Tom. Little Eva and Tom become great friends. Eva's health, always frail, declines rapidly, and on her deathbed she asks her father to free all his slaves. Mr. St. Clare makes plans to do so but is killed before he can, and Tom's new owner, the brutal Simon Legree, has Tom whipped to death after he refuses to divulge the whereabouts of some runaway slaves. The novel, which sold in enormous numbers, is often cited as a cause of the Civil War.

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A dramatic adaptation played to capacity audiences for years and was a staple of touring companies into the 20th century.


Websites about the work & others
University of Wisconsin's Uncle Tom's Cabin, the Classic Text: Traditions and Interpretations
University of Virginia's Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture-A Multimedia Archive
Oldtown Folks in A Celebration of Women Writers

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