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Uncle Tom's Cabin first appeared as a 40-week serial in The National Era, an abolitionist periodical, starting with the June 5, 1851, issue. It was originally intended as a shorter narrative that would run for only a few weeks.
May 27, 2024 · Uncle Tom’s Cabin, novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published in serialized form in the United States in 1851–52 and in book form in 1852. An abolitionist novel, it achieved wide popularity, particularly among white readers in the North, by vividly dramatizing the experience of slavery.
Nov 13, 2009 · Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, is published. The novel sold 300,000 copies within three months and was so widely read that when President Abraham Lincoln met ...
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, one of the most influential books in American history, was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) to inform readers of the appalling realities of American slavery.
Dec 2, 2019 · Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) published more than 30 books, but it was her best-selling anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin that catapulted her to international celebrity and secured her place in history.
Begun as a serial in the National Era, edited by Gamaliel Bailey in Washington, D.C, Uncle Tom’s Cabin ran from June 5, 1851 to April 1, 1852, gaining an ever-increasing audience as the story progressed. On March 20 of 1852, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was officially published.
Harriet Beecher Stowe's — Uncle_Tom's_Cabin_ was perhaps the most influential novel in history. Its stark depictions of the horrors of slavery inflamed the sentiments of abolitionists, both in the U.S. and abroad.
Jun 6, 2001 · The most influential American novel ever written appeared first in weekly instalments between June 1851 and April 1852 in the National Era, a Washington DC periodical with an anti-slavery slant. It was a sensational success and when published in book form in 1852, sold more than 300,000 copies in the first year.
Uncle Tom's cabin; or, Life among the lowly 1st edition. Title vignette. First published in the National era at Washington from June 1851 to April 1852. LC copy imperfect: p. 279-286 wanting. A digital reproduction made from a microform copy...
When, in February, 1851, the recaptured fugitive slave, Burns, was rescued from the United States officers in Boston, Clay urged the investment of the President with extraordinary power to...
