Uncle Tom's Cabin: Indictment of Slavery

Words That Changed History

by James Tackach, Harriet Beecher Stowe

Discusses the circumstances that existed at the time Stowe wrote her famous novel, the details of the book, and its impact on feelings about the existence of slavery in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century.

President Abraham Lincoln once referred to Harriet Beecher Stowe as "the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war." Uncle Tom's Cabin, by poignantly dramatizing the evils of slavery, escalated tensions between North and South, putting the United States on the path towards Civil War.

Whether in spoken or written form, words both reflect and shape historical events. Lucent's new series, Words That Changed History, examines how the world's most important documents and speeches have influenced beliefs, laws, and public opinion. Each book details the historical significance of a particular document or set of documents, and explores the philosophies and beliefs that led to their creation. Also included are fully documented primary and secondary source quotations, bibliographies for further research, and an appendix containing excerpts from as well as full text of original documents.

128 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2000