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Uncle Tom's Cabin

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. Book - 2008 Fiction / Stowe, Harriet, Adult Book / Fiction / Classic / Stowe, Harriet Beecher 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.2 out of 5

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Uncle Tom's cabin -- Appendix 1 : Correspondence : Harriet Beecher Stowe to [Eliza Cabet Follen], 16 December 1853 [1852] -- Appendix 2 : Excerpt from The key to Uncle Tom's cabin -- Appendix 3 : Frederick Douglass, "the heroic slave'.
Following three slaves and their experiences in and out of slavery, Stowe's novel deals with the effects of slavery on both blacks and whites in the antebellum, or pre-Civil War, South. Uncle Tom's Cabin can be seen in four uneven parts: Part I consisting of chapters one through nine, about the slave Eliza and her escape to freedom; Part II consisting of chapters ten through twenty-nine, about Uncle Tom and his relationship with Little Eva on the St. Clare plantation; Part III consisting of chapters thirty through forty-two, about Simon Legree and the death of Uncle Tom; and Part IV consisting of chapters forty-three through forty-five, which offer a resolution of the action and Harriet Beecher Stowe's appeal for the end of slavery. -- Answers.com.

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Window into the Atrocious Institution of Slavery submitted by sVfGI7Glt2pz7GZgVB90 on August 18, 2019, 11:38am This anti-slavery novel mobilized anti-slavery forces in the American North, while inciting widespread anger in the South. When she was introduced to President Lincoln in 1862, he apparently exclaimed, "So this is the little lady who wrote the book that made our big war!" A rich, panoramic novel passionately that dramatizes the crime of slavery.

Better than I expected submitted by Susan4Pax -prev. sueij- on June 18, 2022, 11:13pm 4.5/5 stars. This book has to be read within the context of its time and purpose. It was written by a White abolitionist woman in 1852 with the express purpose of sharing a message: that Black people were thinking, feeling, human people; that Christianity and slavery were incompatible; and that the presence of some “good” slave owners was insufficient to justify the system. I was actually amazed at how compelling and accessible the novel was. To be honest, I did not expect a 170 year old story to be so engaging, but the characters (no one was one-sided), the storyline, and the drama kept me coming back constantly. Some of the enslaved characters’ arguments continue to be reflected in current times: when one man (George) says that Independence Day doesn’t speak for him, because the laws don’t apply equally to him, I thought immediately of Juneteenth celebrations and BLM protests about police brutality. There are, of course, deep problems with Stowe’s depictions of African Americans (e.g. as childlike, inherently religious, etc.), but I believe that noting that she was progressive *for her time* in calling for the recognition that enslaved people were not animals to be tamed, brutalized, or quite literally used to death gets her some good credit. Stowe also wrote a masterfully compelling narrative of people (White and Black) whose lives were intertwined, and she was a damn good storyteller, breaking the fourth wall in interesting ways, drawing vivid pictures with words, and keeping me engaged.

A better book than I expected, and I’m glad I finally read it.

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Oxford world's classics



PUBLISHED
New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: xxxiv, 536 pages : map ; 20 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780199538034
0451530802
0486440281
0679443657
0553212184
0140390030
0451523024

SUBJECTS
Uncle Tom -- (Fictitious character)
Master and servant -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Fugitives from slavery -- Fiction.
Plantation life -- Fiction.
Slavery -- Fiction.
Enslaved persons -- Fiction.
Southern States -- Fiction.