Uncle Tom's cabin or, life among the lowly

Name/Title

Uncle Tom's cabin or, life among the lowly

Entry/Object ID

2015.1.1869

Tags

Library Rare books collection as of June 4 2023

Description

xlii, 500 p. : front. ; 20 cm. Uncle Tom's cabin or, life among the lowly by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The abolitionist novel that fueled the fire of the human rights debate in 1852 and melodramatically condemned the institution of slavery through such powerfully realized characters as Tom, Eliza, Topsy, Eva, and Simon Legree. c1851, c1878, c1879 on verso of title page. 1889 noted on title page.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Slavery -- United States -- Fiction., Fugitive slaves -- Southern States -- Fiction., Uncle Tom (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Publication Details

Author

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.

Edition

New ed.

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin and Company

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Boston

Call No.

Rare Book PS 2954 .U5 1889