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{{cquote|The most famous American novel of the nineteenth century, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin was first published in 1852 in serial form in the abolitionist newspaper National Era. Stowe’s novel sold an astonishing 300,000 copies in its first year, and was read by more than one million people by the time slavery was abolished.  
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'''Uncle Tom's Cabin''' was a popular [[abolitionist]] novel written by [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]] in 1852. The book was very successful, selling 300,000 copies in the first year alone.  It's popularity led it to be turned into a theatrical performances and eventually, silent films.<ref>[http://chnm.gmu.edu/lostmuseum/searchlm.php?function=find&exhibit=uncletom&browse=uncletom The Uncle Tom's Cabin Archive]</ref>  It's popularity helped add fuel to the fire of the building anti-slavery movement, which culminated in the [[American Civil War]].
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The sentimental novel, which told the tale of runaway slaves, a cruel overseer, and the effect of slavery on families, galvanized slavery’s critics and enraged its defenders. Quickly adapted for the stage by George Aiken, many more theatrical (and later film) versions of Stowe’s story occupied American culture throughout the 1850s and beyond, from the “Tom Shows” of the post Civil War years to vaudeville and silent films in the early twentieth century. Many stage and screen versions were little better than minstrel show presentations, and virtually all were performed by white performers in blackface makeup.<ref>[http://chnm.gmu.edu/lostmuseum/searchlm.php?function=find&exhibit=uncletom&browse=uncletom The Uncle Tom's Cabin Archive]</ref>}}
 
  
 
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Revision as of 19:18, June 12, 2007

Uncle Tom's Cabin was a popular abolitionist novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852. The book was very successful, selling 300,000 copies in the first year alone. It's popularity led it to be turned into a theatrical performances and eventually, silent films.[1] It's popularity helped add fuel to the fire of the building anti-slavery movement, which culminated in the American Civil War.


Theatrical Posters

File:Uncle Tom.jpg
Uncle Tom
File:Legree.jpg
Legree
File:Eliza.jpg
Eliza
File:Topsy.jpg
Topsy

References

  1. ↑ The Uncle Tom's Cabin Archive
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