Publisher, Blackstone Audio (January 2010)

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“Uncle Tom’s Cabin is the most powerful and enduring work of art ever written about American slavery.” —Alfred Kazin, American writer and award-winning literary critic

“One of the greatest productions of the human mind.” —Tolstoy

Subtitle: Or, Life among the Lowly

Uncle Tom is a high-minded, devoutly Christian black slave to a kind family, the Shelbys. Beset by financial difficulties, the Shelbys sell Tom to a slave trader. Young George Shelby promises to someday redeem him. The story relates Uncle Tom’s trials, suffering, and religious fortitude.

Upon meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe, Abraham Lincoln allegedly remarked, "So this is the little lady who started this new great war!"

Uncle Tom’s Cabin was revolutionary in 1852 for its passionate indictment of slavery and for its presentation of Tom, “a man of humanity,” as the first black hero in American fiction. It became an overnight sensation and was hailed by Tolstoy as “one of the greatest productions of the human mind.” It remains a shocking, controversial, and powerful work, exposing the attitudes of white nineteenth-century society toward slavery and documenting in heart-rending detail the tragic breakup of black families.

About the Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, the daughter of Lyman Beecher, an outspoken religious leader, who raised her on devotional tales of Christian charity and brotherhood. When her father moved the family to Cincinnati and became head of the Lane Theological Seminary, she had her first exposure to slavery and abolitionism, witnessing race riots, hearing the stories of runaway slaves, and aiding fugitive slaves from the South.