Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘One thing is certain, - that there is a mustering among the masses, the world over; and there is a dis irae coming on, sooner or later.’Viewed by many as fuelling the abolitionist movement of the 1850s and laying the groundwork for the Civil War, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s sentimental and moral tale of slaves attempting to secure their freedom was one of the most popular books of the nineteenth century. Centred round the long-suffering Uncle Tom, a devout Christian slave who endures cruelty and abuse from his owners, Tom is often celebrated as the first black hero in American fiction who refuses to obey his white masters. With other strong protagonists such as Eliza, a courageous slave who flees to the North with her son when she learns that he is to be sold, Beecher Stowe highlighted the plight of southern slaves and the breaking up of black families. Not without its controversy, more recent criticism has suggested that the novel contributed negatively to the stereotyping of the black community.

UNCLE TOM’S CABIN

Harriet Beecher Stowe

CONTENTS

Cover (#u3e57cfd4-6ce9-5bd0-af3d-fd1c0b6cc64c)

Title Page (#u1f1331cc-fd64-584d-b2f5-1836eddfb440)

Chapter 1 In Which the Reader is Introduced to a Man of Humanity (#uedf3d381-8199-5830-8daf-d0a280969231)

Chapter 2 The Mother (#udd9f529b-1163-5256-af3d-0a0b89f4d79c)

Chapter 3 The Husband and Father (#uaa0026b0-cd54-54d0-9ea3-e46b8535bab4)

Chapter 4 An Evening in Uncle Tom’s Cabin (#u25d43770-bea0-54e7-a23b-bc642f5a342a)

Chapter 5 Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changin’ Owners (#uf5326257-4878-58d8-a899-1592862ee485)

Chapter 6 Discovery (#ub452358f-ec42-5080-b10b-697f8b6782a1)

Chapter 7 The Mother’s Struggle (#ua797e758-8803-56aa-b7aa-48c541b37300)

Chapter 8 Eliza’s Escape (#ub3babc9a-ffa0-5257-9522-01a87608ea61)

Chapter 9 In Which IT Appears that a Senator is But a Man (#u335f414d-7ed3-58d8-a578-b955071df523)

Chapter 10 The Property is Carried Off (#u400f26bd-4653-5559-98fa-d51619eb21e3)

Chapter 11 In Which Property Gets into an Improper State of Mind (#u8e73398c-620d-5aee-98b2-b4944765c95a)

Chapter 12 Select Incident of Lawful Trade (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13 The Quaker Settlement (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14 Evangeline (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15 Of Tom’s New Master, and Various Other Matters (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16 Tom’s Mistress and Her Opinions (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17 The Freeman’s Defence (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18 Miss Ophelia’s Experiences and Opinions (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 Miss Ophelia’s Experiences and Opinions—Continued (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20 Topsy (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21 Kentuck (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 22 “The Grass Withereth—The Flower Fadeth.” (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 23 Henrique (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 24 Foreshadowings (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 25 The Little Evangelist (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 26 Death (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 27 “This is the Last of Earth.”—John Q. Adams (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 28 Reunion (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 29 The Unprotected (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 30 The Slave Warehouse (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 31 The Middle Passage (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 32 Dark Places (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 33 Cassy (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 34 The Quadroon’s Story (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 35 The Tokens (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 36 Emmeline and Cassy (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 37 Liberty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 38 The Victory (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 39 The Stratagem (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 40 The Martyr (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 41 The Young Master (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 42 An Authentic Ghost Story (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 43 Results (#litres_trial_promo)