Uncle Tom's Cabin, Or, Life Among the LowlyUncle Tom's Cabin, Or, Life Among the Lowly

Selling more than 300,000 copies the first year it was published, Stowe's powerful abolitionist novel fueled the fire of the human rights debate in 1852. Supposedly, when Stowe met President Lincoln ten years later, he joked, So this is the little lady who made this big war. The plot centers on Eliza Harris and Tom Shelby, two people who triumph over slavery in very different ways. Today, critics, scholars, and students alike are revisiting this monumental work with fresh eyes and open minds, focusing on Stowe's portrayal of women and the novel's theological underpinnings.