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Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
American abolitionist and author (1811-1896)
Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the religious Beecher family and wrote the popular novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions experienced by enslaved African Americans. The book reached an audience of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1852 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S., and is said to have "helped lay the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)