I learned teaching World History that this book help fuel the abolitionish in the 1850's. Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling novel of the 19th century and became the second best-selling book of that century, following the Bible. In 1855, three years after it was published, it was called "the most popular novel of our day."
It is a story of an African American Man's Journey when Blacks had no rights. It is a story that truly shows how Blacks were treated. They were owned by white men and they had no identity. You will cry. You will cry. And at the end you will smile. This is a hard book to read, but well worth it.
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