NF Uncle Tom's Cabin

[Buckeye Bill]

Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was released on this day in 1852. This anti-slavery novel, the Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision and John Brown's raid on the U.S. Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia laid the foundation to the start of the American Civil War.

* The Harriet Beecher Stowe's House in Cincinnati, Ohio.

* Ohio State Historical Marker.

 

[tdftdf]

so you're the little woman whose book started this war - said Mr. Lincoln, upon meeting Mrs. Stowe!

thanks for sharing these pics !!

 

[Aussie Billy Sherman]

Good pictures

 

[Patrick H]

Thanks, Bill. I had never given a thought to where she lived.

 

[Greg Taylor]

I wonder what happened to all the other books she wrote during that "nearly 30 years of her life?"

 

[James B White]

I wonder what happened to all the other books she wrote during that "nearly 30 years of her life?"

I was about to say, I know one, Demerara. But I googled and that was Harriet Martineau.

According to www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/hbs :

"Stowe's publishing career began before her marriage, with:

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  • Primary Geography for Children (1833) Her sympathetic approach to Catholicism, unusual for its time, won her the praise of the local bishop.
  • New England Sketches (1835), a short story collection

Later works include:

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  • The Mayflower: Sketches of Scenes and Characters among the Descendants of the Pilgrims.(1843)
  • "The Coral Ring" (1843) a short story which promoted temperance, and an anti-slavery tract.
  • Numerous articles, essays and short stories regularly published in newspapers and journals

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Uncle Tom's Cabin, brought not only financial security, it enabled Stowe to write full time. She began publishing multiple works per year including the Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin, which documented the case histories on which she had based her novel, andDred: A Tale from the Swamp, another and more forceful anti-slavery novel.

Other notable works include The Minister's Wooing, which helped American Protestants move towards a more forgiving form of Christianity while simultaneously helping Stowe resolve the death of her oldest son, Henry Ellis Stowe; The American Woman's Home, a practical guide to homemaking, co-authored with sister Catharine Beecher; and Lady Byron Vindicated, which strove to defend Stowe's friend Lady Byron and immersed Stowe herself in scandal.

In all, Harriet Beecher Stowe's writing career spanned 51 years, during which time she published 30 books and countless short stories, poems, articles, and hymns.

A comprehensive bibliography for Harriet Beecher Stowe can be found at the University of Pennsylvania web site."

 

[major bill]

Her book did influence the North view of slavery. We still argue if the book is entirely fair in its treatment of slavery.

 

[MRB1863]

Impressive career!

 

[TerryB]

The poster is shown on some high school history tests along with a question as to its meaning or the popularity of the book.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

Her book did influence the North view of slavery. We still argue if the book is entirely fair in its treatment of slavery.

"Uncle Tom's Cabin," the Dred Scott decision and Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia are all lightning rods for a debate.

This country was a 2 liter of pop ready to explode before the Confederates fired upon Fort Sumter.

* We call soda "Pop" in the Cincinnati area.

Bill

 

[brass napoleon]

Her book did influence the North view of slavery. We still argue if the book is entirely fair in its treatment of slavery.

What sometimes gets lost in history is that it wasn't just Mrs. Stowe's book that influenced the Northern view of slavery. By the time of its publication there were numerous real-life narratives in circulation written by real-life slaves telling their real-life stories (some of which she borrowed from in her fictional account). Many of these former slaves were also touring the Northern states and telling their own stories to large audiences. And of course with the Fugitive Slave Law, Northerners spent the decade of the 1850s watching heavily armed slavecatchers come into the Northern states to chain their "happy slaves" and return them to slavery.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

What sometimes gets lost in history is that it wasn't just Mrs. Stowe's book that influenced the Northern view of slavery. By the time of its publication there were numerous real-life narratives in circulation written by real-life slaves telling their real-life stories (some of which she borrowed from in her fictional account). Many of these former slaves were also touring the Northern states and telling their own stories to large audiences. And of course with the Fugitive Slave Law, Northerners spent the decade of the 1850s watching heavily armed slavecatchers come into the Northern states to chain their "happy slaves" and return them to slavery.

Outstanding post!!!

Harriet observed and transcribed events which occurred in the Cincinnati area before she penned this novel. Cincinnati is famous for the Underground Railroad systems surrounding the Ohio River. I would guess, like most writers, gathered outside stories to influence her novel.

 

[major bill]

Harriet Beecher Stowe's book was a huge success, both in sales and in influence. The book put the spotlight on slavery in America and overseas as well. It was perhaps one of the most influential books ever published.

 

[Tennessee Union Gal]

Clearly I'm a big fan. Could not agree more.

Harriet Beecher Stowe's book was a huge success, both in sales and in influence. The book put the spotlight on slavery in America and overseas as well. It was perhaps one of the most influential books ever published.

 

[scooter748driver]

I haven't read it. I probably should given it's historic and influential nature. Curious if others have read it.

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

I came across this and had never seen or read this before about Harriet Beecher Stowe. I had wondered what inspired her to write, "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Now we know part or most of the story.

In the summer of 1849, during a cholera epidemic in Cincinnati, Harriet Beecher Stowe experienced for the first time the sorrow of many 19th-century parents when her 18-month old son died of the disease. Stowe called the blond, blue-eyed Samuel Charles Stowe, nicknamed "Charley", "my sunshine child". Stowe later credited that crushing pain as one of the inspirations for the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, because it helped her understand the pain enslaved mothers felt when their children were taken from them to be sold.

Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in book form on March 20, 1852, by John P. Jewett with an initial print run of 5,000 copies. In less than a year, the book sold an unprecedented three hundred thousand copies. In Great Britain, it sold 1.5 million copies in one year. Uncle Tom's Cabin was a best seller in the United States, Britain, Europe and Asia, and was translated into over 60 languages. Uncle Tom's Cabin was the world's best seller of the nineteenth century other than the Bible.

The book's emotional portrayal of the impact of slavery captured the nation's attention. It added to the debate about abolition and slavery, and aroused opposition in the South.

Photo of: Samuel Charles Stowe, Who died in 1849. He was the son of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Harriet Beecher Stowe, born June 14, 1811

Harriet Elisabeth Beecher was born in Litchfield, Connecticut on June 14, 1811. She was the seventh of 13 children born to religious lea...

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[Kurtlg]

I came across this and had never seen or read this before about Harriet Beecher Stowe. I had wondered what inspired her to write, "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Now we know part or most of the story.

In the summer of 1849, during a cholera epidemic in Cincinnati, Harriet Beecher Stowe experienced for the first time the sorrow of many 19th-century parents when her 18-month old son died of the disease. Stowe called the blond, blue-eyed Samuel Charles Stowe, nicknamed "Charley", "my sunshine child". Stowe later credited that crushing pain as one of the inspirations for the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, because it helped her understand the pain enslaved mothers felt when their children were taken from them to be sold.

Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in book form on March 20, 1852, by John P. Jewett with an initial print run of 5,000 copies. In less than a year, the book sold an unprecedented three hundred thousand copies. In Great Britain, it sold 1.5 million copies in one year. Uncle Tom's Cabin was a best seller in the United States, Britain, Europe and Asia, and was translated into over 60 languages. Uncle Tom's Cabin was the world's best seller of the nineteenth century other than the Bible.

The book's emotional portrayal of the impact of slavery captured the nation's attention. It added to the debate about abolition and slavery, and aroused opposition in the South.

Photo of: Samuel Charles Stowe, Who died in 1849. He was the son of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Harriet Beecher Stowe, born June 14, 1811

Harriet Elisabeth Beecher was born in Litchfield, Connecticut on June 14, 1811. She was the seventh of 13 children born to religious lea...

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I've seen many images of dead soldiers from the war but this prewar image saddens and disturbs me like no other.

 

[TallTallMan]

I've still never read it. If "God wrote it!", then maybe I should...

 

[d.perry]

I haven't read it. I probably should given it's historic and influential nature. Curious if others have read it.

This was one of the classics that was required reading when I was in the 8 grade.

 

[archieclement]

This was one of the classics that was required reading when I was in the 8 grade.

Ours was Tom Sawyer.