Uncle Tom's Cabin

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anti-slavery novel novel

Uncle Tom's Cabin is an 1852 anti-slavery novel that powerfully influenced public opinion in the United States and abroad in the years leading up to the American Civil War.

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Label Occurrences
Uncle Tom's Cabin canonical 43
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 28
Uncle Tom’s Cabin universe 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-slavery novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedInto silent films ⓘ
sound films ⓘ
television productions ⓘ
theatrical melodramas ⓘ
author Harriet Beecher Stowe ⓘ
centralTheme Christian morality ⓘ
family separation under slavery ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
commercialSuccess bestseller in the 19th-century United States ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
earlySalesMilestone sold hundreds of thousands of copies within its first year ⓘ
firstEditionPrintRun 5000 copies ⓘ
firstPublicationMedium The National Era ⓘ
firstPublishedAs serial ⓘ
firstSerializationStartYear 1851 ⓘ
genre abolitionist literature ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ
social protest novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation Uncle Tom's Cabin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Uncle Tom's Cabin (film adaptations)

Uncle Tom's Cabin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Uncle Tom's Cabin (stage adaptations)
impact contributed to sectional tensions before the American Civil War ⓘ
helped galvanize anti-slavery forces in the North ⓘ
influenced American abolitionist movement ⓘ
British public opinion on slavery ⓘ
anti-slavery sentiment in Europe ⓘ
public opinion on slavery in the United States ⓘ
literaryForm prose fiction ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th-century American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Augustine St. Clare ⓘ
Eliza Harris ⓘ
Eva St. Clare ⓘ
George Harris ⓘ
Simon Legree ⓘ
Topsy ⓘ
Uncle Tom ⓘ
notableQuoteAttributed So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war. ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
publicationYear 1852 ⓘ
publisher John P. Jewett & Company ⓘ
quoteAttributedSpeaker Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
setInPeriod pre-Civil War United States ⓘ
setInPlace Kentucky ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
subjectOf debates about the "Uncle Tom" stereotype ⓘ
literary criticism on racial stereotypes ⓘ

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Harriet Beecher Stowe → notableWork → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Harriet Beecher Stowe → wrote → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Beecher → notableWork → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
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American Renaissance → associatedWork → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Uncle Tom's Cabin → hasAdaptation → Uncle Tom's Cabin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uncle Tom's Cabin (stage adaptations)
Uncle Tom's Cabin → hasAdaptation → Uncle Tom's Cabin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uncle Tom's Cabin (film adaptations)
The Minister's Wooing → followsInAuthorOeuvre → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Cincinnati) → significantWorkInspired → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
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Harriet → notableWork → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
subject surface form: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp → follows → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp → relatedWork → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin → basedOn → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin → influencedBy → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin → relatedWork → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Stowe → notableWork → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
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Ticknor and Fields → publishedWork → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
John P. Jewett & Company → notableWorkPublished → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Augustine St. Clare → appearsIn → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
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Augustine St. Clare → firstPublicationContext → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
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Topsy → appearsIn → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
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Topsy → firstAppearance → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
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Topsy → fictionalUniverse → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
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The National Era → firstPublicationOf → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (serial form)
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this entity surface form: "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Uncle Tom → appearsIn → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Uncle Tom → firstAppearance → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Eva St. Clare → appearsIn → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Eva St. Clare → diesIn → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Simon Legree → appearsIn → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Simon Legree → firstAppearance → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
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American abolitionist movement → notablePublication → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands → relatedWorkByAuthor → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Agnes of Sorrento → relatedWorkByAuthor → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
House and Home Papers → relatedWork → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Palmetto Leaves → relatedWork → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
We and Our Neighbors → isLesserKnownThan → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
The Chimney-Corner → relatedWorkAuthor → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Footsteps of the Master → sharesAuthorWith → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Queer Little People → sharesAuthorWith → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Queer Little People → isLesserKnownThan → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
The Little Pussy Willow → authorOfAlso → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
The Little Pussy Willow → notableWork → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
subject surface form: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Betty's Bright Idea → sharesThemesWith → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Men of Our Times → relatedWork → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Woman in Sacred History → relatedWorkOfAuthor → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
The Hearthstone → relatedTo → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Nook Farm → associatedWithWork → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Edison Studios → notableWork → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Eliza Harris → appearsIn → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ
Eliza Harris → fictionalUniverse → Uncle Tom's Cabin ⓘ