Uncle Tom's cabin and the abolitionist movement
By: Julie Carlson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Looking at literature through primary sources
Publisher: Rosen Central Primary Source
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.; Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.; Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Didactic fiction, American -- History and criticism.; Antislavery movements in literature.; Uncle Tom (Fictitious character); African Americans in literature.; Slavery in literature.; Race in literature.; American literature -- History and criticism.; Antislavery movements.; African Americans in literature.; Slavery in literature.; Race in literature.; Southern States -- In literature.
Description: Traces the process and influences behind the writing of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, which was published when the nation was torn over the issue of slavery and headed toward Civil War.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-61) and index.
Table of contents: title: Early theories of race in America; title: The issue of slavery in nineteenth-century America; title: Harriet Beecher Stowe; title: Uncle Tom's cabin; title: Stowe's purpose in writing Uncle Tom; title: The world responds.