Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly

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Caption: Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1852; An international bestseller, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s sentimental novel brought widespread attention to the issue of slavery. Cleverly adapting consumer culture to their cause, Stowe and other antislavery advocates spread the abolitionist message on inexpensive items. At school, children might encounter an antislavery primer beginning, "A is for Abolitionist—A man who wants to free the wretched slave." On her dressing table, a woman might apply makeup from small box declaring, "Am I not a man and a brother?" In many homes, Americans read the bestseller Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.; Source: Nancy Bercaw, Curator, Slavery and Freedom
Description: This book is a first edition of the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly, by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It has paper covers and is printed in black-and-white throughout, with the text of the novel printed in two columns on each page. Adhesive residue on the left side of the front and back covers indicates a lost binding cover. The back cover features a list of other items available from the publisher, John P. Jewett & Company.

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

1852

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W x D (Closed): 9 5/16 × 6 5/16 × 7/8 in. (23.7 × 16 × 2.2 cm); H x W x D (Open): 9 5/16 × 12 1/2 × 7/8 in. (23.7 × 31.8 × 2.2 cm)

Place printed: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement: Abolitionist movement
Exhibition: Slavery and Freedom
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Antislavery; Domestic slave trade; Fugitive enslaved; Literature; Race relations; Self-liberation; Slavery; Stereotypes; U.S. History, 1815-1861

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50fa60862-6d1d-41fc-aea1-b204753ada70