Many people of that era attributed it to “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” because Stowe’s novel changed the political scene by making the North, formerly hostile to antislavery reform, far more open ...

It can be a challenge to grasp the full historical context of a novel, even one as well known as Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” This is in spite of the fact that the novel is ...

Perhaps not, Reynolds judges, but he argues that the book, and the dozens of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" plays that ceaselessly toured the country, were a strong factor in the election in 1860 of Lincoln ...

Learn how Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book Uncle Tom’s Cabin sparked national debate and changed how many Americans understood slavery. By Brandon B. Fortune, Chief Curator, National Portrait Gallery New ...

As Ashton argues in her intriguing new book, A Plausible Man: The True Story of the Escaped Slave Who Inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Stowe drew on this fleeting interaction when, just seven weeks ...

Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, was the best-selling novel of the 19th century and the second best-selling book of that century after the Bible.

“The Book of Two Hemispheres” highlights the dynamic visual culture that arose in response to the most famous American anti-slavery novel of its era and arguably of all time: Uncle Tom’s Cabin by ...

Uncle Tom was a major character in the 1850s novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe, and as we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, we'll dissect this book, because it's ...

He also played a key role in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s celebrated 1852 novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which historians have argued helped trigger the Civil War through its depiction of the subhuman ...

Today, more than 150 years after publication, Uncle Tom’s Cabin rarely inspires such accolades. Indeed, if mentioned at all, the novel is likely to be derided as patronizing, racist, and ...

On January 25, 2024, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art will open “The Book of Two Hemispheres:” Uncle Tom’s Cabin in the United States and Europe.This exhibition explores the international circulation ...