Uncle Tom’s Cabin or, Life Among the Lowly
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
The novel that changed the course of American historyPublished in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel was a powerful indictment of slavery in America. Describing the many trials and eventual escape to freedom of the long-suffering, good-hearted slave Uncle Tom, it aimed to show how Christian love can overcome any human cruelty. Uncle Tom’s Cabin has remained controversial….Read More
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Poems and Prose
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