Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 1853 Edition
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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
Impact of the Book, Slavery and the Civil War
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Text of the Fugitive Slave Act
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
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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 film
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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.
- 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
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Uncle Tom's Cabin on Stage
The Tom Show from Wikipedia
The Tom Caricature, Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, Ferris State University
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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)
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