1. Uncle Toms Cabin By Nicholas ulrey and Fred porter

2. The book itself ► written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. ► Before the book was published a series of essays were published in the magazine “National era”. ► 300,000 copies sold in first year. ► Was first published on March 20th, 1862 ► The Story is about the lives of several slaves on a Kentucky plantation.

3. Its Effect On The Time Helped activate the north and put a face on slavery Helped activate the north and put a face on slavery Angered the south for its “ill portrayal of slavery” Angered the south for its “ill portrayal of slavery” Inspired many “anti uncle tom novels” that talked about how great slavery was. Inspired many “anti uncle tom novels” that talked about how great slavery was.

4. About The Author Stowe was born in 1811 to the Rev. Lyman Beecher and Roxanna Foote Beecher. At 1823 “walnut hill” Cincinnati. her father was a heavily religious man and taught her religious morals, along with his disapproval of slavery. 1823 the Beecher house on “walnut hill” in Cincinnati http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/ http://www.americaslibrary.gov/asse ts/jb/reform/jb_reform_beecher_1_e.gif

5. Primary Source  "I wrote what I did because as a woman, as a mother, I was oppressed and broken-hearted with the sorrows and injustice I saw, because as a Christian I felt the dishonor to Christianity - because as a lover of my county, I trembled at the coming day of wrath."-Harriet Beecher Stowe

6. sources ► Uncle tom's cabin cover. [Web]. Retrieved from http://bookcoverarchive.com/images/books/the_annotated_uncle_toms_cabin.large.jpg ► Beecher house. [Web]. Retrieved from http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/index2f.html Harriet beecher stowe. [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/jb/reform/jb_reform_beecher_1_e.gif ► Patkus, R. (n.d.). Aspects of the publishing history of uncle tom's cabin, 1851-1900. Informally published manuscript, Archives and Special Collections, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY. Retrieved from http://specialcollections.vassar.edu/exhibit-highlights/stowe/essay2.html http://specialcollections.vassar.edu/exhibit-highlights/stowe/essay2.html ► About uncle tom's cabin. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/literature/Uncle-Tom-s-Cabin-About-Uncle-Tom-s- Cabin.id-155,pageNum-7.html ► Harriet beecher stowe's life. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/hbs/ http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/hbs/ ► Impact of uncle tom's cabin, slavery, and the civil war. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/hbs/ ► Stowe, H, & Claybaugh, A. (2003). Uncle tom's cabin. New York, NY: Barnes and noble classics.