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Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. By: Kathryn Poslusny and Miles Roberts. Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?. Born June 14, 1811 in Connecticut Preacher and activist in antislavery movement 1836 married Calvin Ellis Stowe Opposed Fugitive Slave Act

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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  1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe By: Kathryn Poslusny and Miles Roberts

  2. Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe? • Born June 14, 1811 in Connecticut • Preacher and activist in antislavery movement • 1836 married Calvin Ellis Stowe • Opposed Fugitive Slave Act • First publication in antislavery journal National • Era • Caused a national debate and possibly the • start of the war • Died at 85 on July 1, 1896 Harriet Beecher Stowe

  3. What was Uncle Tom’s Cabin? • From memoirs of Reverend Josiah Henson that helped story line of Uncle Tom’s • Cabin • Published in 1852 • Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe- expressed • hatred of slavery through writing • Bestseller in 1853 • Caused strong reactions about slavery in North and • South Reverend Josiah Henson

  4. Plot • Slave owner sells Uncle Tom and Eliza to keep land • Eliza runs away with son -- escapes capture by crossing the frozen Ohio River • Uncle Tom is taken on riverboat down Mississippi River • Tom bought and taken to New Orleans • Tom is beat to death just as one of his previous owners come to buy him back • New family moves to France then Liberia

  5. Increased tensions between North and South • Increased protests in North • Attack on South as a whole • Pushed more people into abolition- • care about slavery • Showed how badly slaves were • treated in the South

  6. Bibliography Cook, S. (n.d.). Uncle tom's cabin historic site. Retrieved from http://uncletomscabin.org/homepg.htm Danzer, G.A. et al.(2003). The americans. Evanston, Illinois: McDougal Littell Inc. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Retrieved October 24, 2010 from: http://www.cksinfo.com/americana/ushistory/womensrights/index.html . Reverend Josiah Henson. Retrieved October 21,2010 from:http://uncletomscabin.org/. SparkNotes Editors. (2002). SparkNote on Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Retrieved October 20, 2010, http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/ uncletom/summary.html Stowe, H.B. (2003). Introduction: harriet beccher stowe. In A. Claybaugh (Ed.), Uncle tom's cabin (pp. 1-2). New York, NY: Barnes and Noble Books. Uncle Tom’s Cabin. (July 2009). Retrieved October 21, 2010 from: http://www.painterofwords.com/?m=200907. Uncle Tom’s Cabin poster. (2010). Retrieved October 24, 2010 from: http://www.uhaul.com/SuperGraphics/175/8/Enhanced/Venture-Across-America -and-Canada-Modern/Ontario/The-Little-Lady-Who-Started-the-Big-War. For more information see: Cook, S. (n.d.). Uncle tom's cabin historic site. Retrieved from http://uncletomscabin.org/homepg.htm Stowe, H.B. (2003). Uncle tom's cabin. New York, NY: Barnes and Noble Books.

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