uncle tom (fictitious character)

Harriet Beecher Stowe's classic anti-slavery novel about the realities of slavery in the pre-Civil War South.

Uncle Tom, a slave in the American South, maintains his dignity despite the suffering and eventual death brought upon him by the cruel treatment of a Yankee overseer.

"Harriet Beecher Stowe's popular book Uncle Tom's Cabin had a huge effect on the abolitionist movement. Learn more in this book complete with timeline, primary sources, photographs, and excerpts from the time period"--Provided by the publisher.

Traces the process and influences behind the writing of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, which was published when the nation was torn over the issue of slavery and headed toward Civil War.

Presents the controversial novel, published in 1852, in which author Harriet Beecher Stowe offers an indictment of the pre-Civil War South through the story of Uncle Tom, an elderly slave who maintains his human dignity in the face of cruelty, suffering, and death.

Presents an annotated version of Harriet Beecher Stowe's classic novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" that describes the lives of slaves and abolitionists in the 1800s, historical discussions of the Underground Railroad, slave trade, and plantation life, and advertisements that were influenced by the novel.

Uncle Tom, a slave in the American South, maintains his dignity despite the suffering and eventual death brought upon him by the cruel treatment of a Yankee overseer.