BRA0822

Title

Subject

Description

Few monuments of literature can claim the social and political influence achieved by Uncle Tom's Cabin. In the decade preceding the American Civil War, during which the book sold an astounding three million copies, its story of a family torn apart by slavery galvanized the abolitionist movement and transformed slavery in the United States into a critical issue for millions who otherwise might not have been deeply concerned with the matter. This is a first edition, first impression of this title.

Creator

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811–1896.

Source

BRA0822. Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896). Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly. Boston: John P. Jewett & Company; Cleveland: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, 1852, copyright 1851. Two volumes.

Relation

Literature

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

English

Type

American Literature

Collection

Highlights from the Ruth and Lyle Sellers Medical Collection

Citation

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811–1896. , “BRA0822,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed December 9, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1742.