Description: Uncle Tom's Cabin - a Tale of Life among the Lowly, by Harriet Beecher Stowe An anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S., and is said to have helped lay the groundwork for the American Civil War. In the United States, Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling novel and the second best-selling book of the 19th century, following the Bible. It is credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s. The book and the plays it inspired helped popularize a number of negative stereotypes about black people, including that of the namesake character "Uncle Tom". The term came to be associated with an excessively subservient person. These later associations with Uncle Tom's Cabin have, to an extent, overshadowed the historical effects of the book as a "vital antislavery tool". Nonetheless, the novel remains a "landmark" in protest literature. This particular edition, published by S. W. Partridge & Co., was awarded as a school prize in 1904 and contains 19 illustrations. Approximate Dimensions (cm): 19 x 13 x 5Weight approximately 700g
Price: 30 GBP
Location: Torquay
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Binding: Hardback
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Fiction Subject: Classic Literature
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Publisher: S. W. Partridge & Co.
Original/Facsimile: Original
