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Here we’ll find out how she was inspired to write her most iconic work. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 1852 In 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe published her bestselling antislavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. As Jane Tompkins has written about Uncle Tom's Cabin, "Stowe's very conservatism — her reliance on established patterns of living and traditional beliefs — is precisely what gives her novels revolutionary potential. The novel is a fictionalized account of the pain slavery caused its victims, the struggles slaves endured to escape and travel on the Underground Railroad, and the triumph of escaping to freedom in the northern states or Canada. $90.00. "* Harriet Beecher was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1811, the sixth child of Lyman Beecher and Roxana Foote. Moving Beyond the Page Age 8-10 Homeschool curric& bks lot ~Con 4, Units 1,2,& 3. In front it had a neat garden-patch, where, every summer, strawberries, raspberries, and a variety of fruits … Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel, ''Uncle Tom's Cabin,'' is credited for winning millions of Americans to the anti-slavery movement prior to the US Civil War. Harriet Beecher Stowe UNCLE TOM'S CABIN Franklin Library 1st Edition 1st Printin. Read Uncle Tom's Cabin by author Harriet Beecher Stowe, FREE, online. Although the American anti-slavery movement had existed at least as long as the nation itself, Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) galvanized public opinion as nothing had before. The book became a sensation and helped move antislavery into everyday conversation for many northerners. The first American book that claimed the distinction of “international best seller” was Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 – 1896). This book and many more are available. U ncle Tom’s Cabin is a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe about an elderly slave called Uncle Tom. 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