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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Uncle Tom’s Cabin. By Dani. The Book. Written and published by Harriet Beecher Stowe, an American author, social reformer, and abolitionist First published in 1851 in an anti-slavery newspaper called The National Era, Published in the form of a book in 1852.

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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  1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin By Dani

  2. The Book • Written and published by Harriet Beecher Stowe, an American author, social reformer, and abolitionist • First published in 1851 in an anti-slavery newspaper called The National Era, • Published in the form of a book in 1852 Image retrieved: http://novakeo.com/?p=7451

  3. Summary of the Book • Uncle Tom sold by the Shelby’s because they need money • While on the slave boat headed down the Mississippi he saves a white girl, befriends her and is bought by her Father • Girl dies, Father murdered before he can free Tom and sold to Simon Legree • Tom is treated horribly and beaten, eventually leading to his death Image Retrieved: http://www.sonofthesouth.net/slavery/african-american-art/uncle-tom-cabin-topsy.htm

  4. Contribution to the Civil War • Helped the abolitionist movement by making many Northerners realize the reality of slavery and the cruelty of the Fugitive Slave Law • Lead to many perceived stereotypes of blacks throughout America • Outraged Southerners and slave owners, many claimed the novel to be criminal and slanderous

  5. Harriet Beecher Stowe • Stowe was born in1811 and died in1896 • She had 3 sisters and 5 brothers • She married to Calvin Ellis Stowe in 1836 • She first encountered slaver in Cincinnati in 1832 • Had a servant girl who she thought was a freed slave until her previous owner started hunting for her, her brother drove the girl to a friend’s house overnight to hide

  6. Bibliography • Merriman, C.D. (2007). Harriet beecherstowe-biography and works. Retrieved from http://www.online-literature.com/stowe/ • Liberton, D. (1996). Stowe's uncle tom's cabin. Retrieved from http://bradley.bradley.edu/~dlb/dlstowe.html

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