Uncle Tom's Cabin

by Harriett Beecher Stowe

Overview

The moving abolitionist novel that fueled the fire of the human rights debate in 1852 and melodramatically condemned the institution of slavery through such powerfully realized characters as Tom, Eliza, Topsy, Eva, and Simon Legree.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783965370548
Publisher:	Otbebookpublishing
Publication date:	03/04/2019
Series:	Classics To Go
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	438
File size:	983 KB

About the Author

Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American abolitionist and author. She came from the Beecher family, a famous religious family, and is best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans. The book reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and Great Britain, energising anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. (Wikipedia)

Read an Excerpt

You can say what you will about slavery, Mr. Shelby," Haley said. "But, you know, black people are not like white people. You see, Eliza, that black mother, will soon not care that her boy is gone." The slave trader laughed. The slave trader would make money selling Shelby's slaves "down river." Down river was New Orleans. "I don't want to take Harry from his mother," said Shelby. "Oh, I could sell the other too!" said Haley. "You may not buy her!" Shelby shouted. My wife would never hear of it. It is hard for me just giving up Tom. He is my best slave. He reads the Bible, you know. I need people like Tom. I trust him. Eliza was the mother of the boy the two men had talked about. And she had heard them talking. The trader wants my little Harry, she thought. He will never get his hands on him! She said to herself. Eliza was married to George Harris. He was a good man. He was also a slave. He lived and worked on a place near the Shelby home. Sometimes married slaves could not live together. And so it was with Eliza and George.