Uncle Tom\'s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.
The sentimental novel depicts the reality of slavery while also asserti.
Stowe, a Connecticut-born teacher at the Hartford Female Academy and an active abolitionist, featured the character of Uncle Tom, a long-suffering black slave around whom the stories of other characters revolve.
Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", according to Will Kaufman.
Uncle Tom\'s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe