- Master and servant, Slavery, Plantation life, Uncle Tom (Fictitious character)
This unforgettable novel tells the story of Tom, a devoutly Christian slave who chooses not to escape bondage for fear of embarrassing his master. However, he is soon sold to a slave trader and sent down the Mississippi, where he must endure brutal treatment.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- First published
- 1964
- Pages
- 451
- Publisher
- West Margin Press, Penguin Group USA, Inc., BookSurge Classics
- Editions
- 688
- Language
- German, tur, yid, wel
- ISBN
- 9798477249961
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“TOM, you need n't get me the horses.”
Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (14 June 1811 – 1 July 1896) was an American author and abolitionist.
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