Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowes ground breaking story follows a number of characters through their vastly different journeys and disparate points of view. Whether on the road to freedom travelling the Underground Railroad, or remaining in captivity, Stowes narrative exposed the bleak and harrowing nature of slavery to her contemporary society. The storys central character Uncle Tom, whose affectionate owners are forced to sell him when they fall on hard times, finds himself being treated appallingly by ...