Uncle+Tom's+Cabin+by+Harriet+Beecher+Stowe



**Text of Uncle Tom's Cabin and related background information from the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center**
 * The novel was published serial format in the abolitionist newspaper National Era between June 1, 1851 to April 1, 1852
 * 5,000 copies of the first edition sold in 2 days
 * 300,000 copies sold in America in the first year


 * Impact of the Book, Slavery and the Civil War**


 * Fugitive Slave Act of 1850**


 * [[image:primary_sources.PNG link="@http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/fugitive.asp"]]Text of the Fugitive Slave Act**


 * Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture: A Multimedia Archive from University of Virginia and the H****arriet Beecher Stowe Center**


 * Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Matter of Influence from Gilder** **Lehman Institute of American History**


 * [[image:Screen Shot 2016-10-28 at 12.34.37 PM.png width="43" height="51"]]Harriet Beecher Stowe**


 * The Most Famous American in the World, Connecticut History.org**


 * Harriet B. Stowe from Ohio History Central**


 * Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe from The Abolitionists, PBS American Experience**


 * Stowe's Life and //Uncle Tom's Cabin//**


 * Uncle Tom's Cabin on Film**
 * 15 minute version by Edwin S. Porter was released in September 1903, two months before the movie The Great Train Robbery, often credited as the first American film
 * 9 films were made between 1903 and 1927, making It the most filmed story in the silent movie era
 * Go here for Part 1 from the 1927 film on YouTube
 * Information on the 1927 version directed by Harry A. Pollard from TCM, Turner Movie Classics
 * Third most expensive movie of the silent era at a cost of $1.8 million
 * Scenes were edited from the film to appease White audiences.


 * Uncle Tom's Cabin on Stage**

The Tom Show from Wikipedia


 * The Tom Caricature, Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, Ferris State University**


 * Worksheet for Students Reading the Book**