Uncle Tom's CabinWith its gripping plot and pungent dialogue, Uncle Tom’s Cabin offers readers today a passionate portrait of a nation on the verge of disunion and a surprisingly subtle examination of the relationship between race and nationalism that has always been at the heart of the American experience. This Broadview edition is based upon the first American edition of the novel and reprints its original illustrations and preface. In addition, it reprints all of the prefaces that Stowe wrote for authorized European editions of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, offers a wide array of appendices that clarify the novel’s participation in antebellum debates about domesticity, colonization, abolitionism, and the law, and includes sections on dramatic adaptations of the novel. |
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Frontispiece and Illustrations for the First American Edition 1852 | 485 |
The European Prefaces to Uncle Toms Cabin | 491 |
Abolitionist Colonization and Proslavery Movements | 507 |
Stowes Letters 183653 | 531 |
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and the Higher Law Debate | 547 |
Contemporary Responses to Uncle Toms Cabin | 563 |
Uncle Toms Cabin on Stage | 602 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 619 |
Works Cited | 625 |