Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 1853 Edition
Text of Uncle Tom's Cabin and related background information from the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
- The novel was published serial format in the abolitionist newspaper National Era between June 1, 1851 to April 1, 1852
- 5,000 copies of the first edition sold in 2 days
- 300,000 copies sold in America in the first year
Click here to access a playlist on YouTube containing the full Uncle Tom's Cabin audiobook.
Impact of the Book, Slavery and the Civil War
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Text of the Fugitive Slave Act
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This law required all US citizens to aid authorities in the capture of runaway slaves. After the fugitive slave law was passed, northerners could no longer pretend as if slavery was a Southern institution that they had no part in. The fugitive slave law holds significance in Uncle Tom’s Cabin because Stowe uses her book to try and convince people that this law is unjust and should be broken.
Summary by Troy Brown (April 2024)
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Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture: A Multimedia Archive from University of Virginia and the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Matter of Influence from Gilder Lehman Institute of American History
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Most Famous American in the World, Connecticut History.org
Harriet B. Stowe from Ohio History Central
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe from The Abolitionists, PBS American Experience
Stowe's Life and Uncle Tom's Cabin
Multimedia Resources
Poster for the 1918 silent fil
Click here to watch a short video summarizing Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin on Film
- 15 minute version by Edwin S. Porter was released in September 1903, two months before the movie The Great Train Robbery, often credited as the first American film.
- 9 films were made between 1903 and 1927, making It the most filmed story in the silent movie era.
Go here for Part 1 from the 1927 film on YouTube
- Third most expensive movie of the silent era at a cost of $1.8 million
- Scenes were edited from the film to appease White audiences.
Eliza crossing the ice; Theatre poster 1880
Uncle Tom's Cabin on Stage
The Tom Show from Wikipedia
The Tom Caricature, Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, Ferris State University
Worksheet for Students Reading the Book
Lincoln, Stowe, and the "Little Woman/Great War" Story: The Making, and Breaking, of a Great American Anecdote, Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association (Winter, 2009)
Click here to read a short paper about the responses had to Uncle Tom's Cabin
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