2. Uncle Tom’s Cabin And The Civil War
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published in 1852 in Ohio.
By 1853, more than a million copies were sold around the Country, sparking controversy on slavery between the North and South.

3. The novel incorporated several stereotypes in the characters.
The story is of a runaway slaved named Eliza and her baby into the North before her Uncle Tom is whipped to death by Simon Legree, a Southern slave owner.
The novel incorporated several stereotypes in the characters.
Both the plot and stereotypes contributed to the boiling controversy of the book’s content and how it opposed slavery.

4. Words from Uncle Tom’s Cabin
“My soul an’t yours, Mas’r! You haven’t bought it,- ye can’t buy it! It’s been bought and paid for, by one that is able to keep it.”
--Said by Tom in Chapter 33

5. As other Resources:
Read Uncle Tom’s Cabin for the most personal account.
Blight, D. (2006, February 9). Slave narratives and uncle tom's cabin. Retrieved from

6. Sources Cited
Stowe, H.B. (1852). Uncle tom's cabin. New York, NY: Barnes and Noble Books.
Blight, D. (2006, February 9). Slave narratives and uncle tom's cabin. Retrieved from
Danzer, G.A. et. al. (2003). Uncle Tom's Cabin. (2003). The americas. Boston: McDougell Littell.