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 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 Litchfield Opposed fugitive slave act b/c she or anyone else couldn’t help badly treated slaves Abraham Lincoln when met Stowe during the Civil War said, “So this is the little lady who made the big war.” Harriet Beecher Stowe

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 Many of his accounts of slavery were used as the story line for her book 4. Over 1 million copies sold by the middle of 1853 Reverend Josiah Henson

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 Loses farm because of debts Only way to keep her only surviving child To get to slave market Saves girl named Eva and her father buys him in gratitude….Tom and Eva relate to each other though Christianity—Eva dies and Tom is taken to a new plantation He wouldn’t tell where a fellow slave had escaped to, so they beat him, and he dies a martyr---Slave Tom helped to freedom finds her long-lost daughter in Canada, Eliza… Cassy and Eliza’s families SparkNotes Editors. (2002). SparkNote on Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Retrieved October 20, 2010, http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/uncletom/summary.html

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 Increased protests against Fugitive Slave Act Southerners critized book as attack on South as a whole MADE PEOPLE CARE!!!

Bibliography For more information see: 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: Stowe, H.B. (2003). Uncle tom's cabin. New York, NY: Barnes and Noble Books.