1852 UNCLE TOM'S CABIN Black Slavery 1ST EDITION Americana HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

  

U NCLE T OM'S C ABIN. His sale is for an original. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, and published by. Y ou get both VOLUME 1 & 2 making it a COMPLETE SET!

YOU'LL LOVE THESE BOOKS!! The story is dominated by a single theme: the evil and immorality of slavery. Stowe emphasizes the horrors of slavery on almost every page of the novel while also asserting that Christian love can overcome something as destructive as the enslavement of fellow human beings.

Upon publication, Uncle Tom's Cabin ignited a firestorm of protest from defenders of slavery (who created a number of books in response to the novel) while the book elicited praise from abolitionists. The novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the United States, so much so in the latter case that the novel intensified the sectional conflict leading to the American Civil War. The book also helped create a number of stereotypes about Blacks, many of which endure to this day. These include the affectionate, dark-skinned mammy; the Pickaninny stereotype of black children; and the Uncle Tom, or dutiful, long-suffering servant faithful to his white master or mistress. In recent years, the negative associations with Uncle Tom's Cabin have, to an extent, overshadowed the historical impact of the book as a vital antislavery tool. In a few years over 1.5 million copies of the book were in circulation in England, although most of these were pirated copies. Published in 1852, this set is in. For its age and especially to be. There are NO stray in text markings.

Its most notable imperfection is some pages protrude slightly from the rest, common with this publication. GET IT WHILE YOU CAN!! H arriet B eecher S towe was raised in the Puritan tradition. Her father, Lyman Beecher was a minister.

The Beecher's moved to Cincinnati when her father was appointed president of Lane Theological Seminary. Cincinnati was just across the river from the slave trade. Her family shared her abolitionist sentiment and was active in hiding runaway slaves.

Harriet set out writing a controversial novel illustrating the moral responsibility of the entire nation for the cruel system of slavery. She presented the first episodes to the editor of the Washington anti-slavery weekly, The National Era, which published in forty installments. Despite The National Era's small circulation, the installments reached a large audience because the weekly episodes were read to families and gatherings throughout the land.

The episodes attracted the attention of Boston publisher, J. First published in March of 1852, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" immediately broke all sales records of the day. The issue of slavery had divided sentiments well before 1852. However, it took a sentimental human novel to catapult it to the national spotlight.

Upon meeting Stowe at a White House reception, Abraham Lincoln was said to have exclaimed, So this is the little lady who started this big war. Please see our other books too! This item is in the category "Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible".

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1. Binding: Hardcover
2. Place of Publication: Boston
3. Signed: No
4. Publisher: John P. Jewett and Company
5. Modified Item: No
6. Subject: Literature & Fiction
7. Year Printed: 1852
8. Original/Facsimile: Original
9. Language: English
10. Illustrator: Hammatt Billings
11. Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated, Slavery, Literature & Fiction, History, Classics, American (US), Americana, Black Americana, Hardcover
12. Region: North America
13. Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
14. Personalized: No
15. Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
16. Topic: Novels
17. Character Family: African-American