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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Samantha Derzay. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Pen Name: Christopher Crowfield Women didn’t have respect, therefore she needed a pen name so people would buy the book Born on June 14, 1811 Died on July 1, 1896. Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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  1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin Samantha Derzay

  2. Harriet Beecher Stowe • Pen Name: Christopher Crowfield • Women didn’t have respect, therefore she needed a pen name so people would buy the book • Born on June 14, 1811 • Died on July 1, 1896

  3. Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Subtitle changed from “The Man that was a Thing” to “Life Among the Lowly” • Published in March 20, 1852 • 5,000 copies were initially made but 300,000 copies were sold in the U.S. Alone • 2nd most bought book in the century (second to the Bible) • Abraham Lincoln invited Harriet to the White House were he said “"So this is the little lady who started this great war."

  4. Importance • The book was a story that changed peoples opinions about slavery • Plays were based off the book, with black stereotypes that still remain today

  5. Bibliography • "Harriet Beecher Stowe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Beecher_Stowe>. • "Uncle Tom's Cabin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin>.

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