June 11, 2009
UNCLE TOM’S CABIN
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
“‘We don’t own your laws; we don’t own your country; we stand here as
free, under God’s sky, as you are; and, by the great God that made us,
we’ll fight for our liberty till we die.’”
—Chapter 17, page 224
Fun Facts
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin has always been controversial. At first it was because it stirred up sympathy for slaves in the South, and in more recent years because people are unhappy with the characters’ stereotypes.
- The book first appeared in 40 installments of the National Era, an anti-slavery publication. In 1852, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published in book form and was immediately a big success.
- Langston Hughes called Uncle Tom’s Cabin America’s “first protest novel” because it served as an outcry against slavery after the Fugitive Slave Act was passed in 1850.
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