Uncle Tom's Cabin: Or, Life Among the Lowly

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Applewood Books, 2002 - Fiction - 358 pages
Originally published beginning June 5, 1851 as a serial in The National Era, an abolitionist weekly published in Washington, DC., Stowe's classic novel was finished forty-three chapters and one year later. John Jewett's small publishing house published the book on March 20, 1852, a couple of weeks before the serial ended. Applewood presents the book in a matching edition to the Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the book's first publication.

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Contents

THE MOTHER
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IV
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V
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Copyright

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About the author (2002)

Harriet Beecher, born in Litchfield, CT in 1811, married Lane Theological Seminary professor and ardent critic of slavery Calvin Stowe in 1836. The Stowes supported the Underground Railroad, housing several runaway slaves in their home. Author of numerous fiction and non-fiction works, she is best known for ""Uncle Tom's Cabin,"" published in 1852.

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