Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

2 mentors recommend this 451 pages

This unforgettable novel tells the story of Tom, a devoutly Christian slave who chooses not to escape bondage for fear of embarrassing his master. However, he is soon sold to a slave trader and sent down the Mississippi, where he must endure brutal treatment. This is a powerful tale of the extreme cruelties of slavery, as well as the price of loyalty and morality. When first published, it helped to solidify the anti-slavery sentiments of the North, and it remains today as the book that helped mo

ISBN: 9780460003711

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Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens

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"Leaves an ineradicable 'scratch on the mind.'"

George Raveling

George Raveling

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"I actually have a first edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin."

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