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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."
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Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", according to Will Kaufman.
inauthor:"Harriet Beecher Stowe" from books.google.com
The book opens with a Kentucky farmer named Arthur Shelby facing the loss of his farm because of debts.
inauthor:"Harriet Beecher Stowe" from books.google.com
Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", according to Will Kaufman. Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling novel of the 19th century and the second best-selling book of that century, following the Bible.
inauthor:"Harriet Beecher Stowe" from books.google.com
When Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in 1852, it became an international blockbuster, selling more than 300,000 copies in the United States alone in its first year.
inauthor:"Harriet Beecher Stowe" from books.google.com
In the first year after it was published, 300,000 copies of the book were sold in the United States; one million copies in Great Britain. In 1855, three years after it was published, it was called "the most popular novel of our day.
inauthor:"Harriet Beecher Stowe" from books.google.com
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."
inauthor:"Harriet Beecher Stowe" from books.google.com
Harriet Beecher Stowe is considered by many to have written the most influencial American novel in history.
inauthor:"Harriet Beecher Stowe" from books.google.com
Uncle Tom's Cabin tells the story of Uncle Tom, depicted as a saintly, dignified slave.
inauthor:"Harriet Beecher Stowe" from books.google.com
Late in the afternoon of a chilly day in February, two gentlemen were sitting alone over their wine, in a well-furnished dining parlor, in the town of P——, in Kentucky.