Uncle Tom's Cabin

by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

• ISBN13: 9780060806187
• ISBN10: 0060806184
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-08
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

The first American novel to sell over a million copies. By calling attention to the issue of slavery, it has become a part of our country's literary and historical heritage.

Table of Contents

Biography	vii
Bibliography	ix
Introduction	x
Jeremy Larner
Author's Introduction---The Story of ``Uncle Tom's Cabin''	xv
Author's Preface	xxvi
In Which the Reader Is Introduced to a Man of Humanity	3	(10)
The Mother	13	(4)
The Husband and Father	17	(5)
An Evening in Uncle Tom's Cabin	22	(12)
Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners	34	(9)
Discovery	43	(9)
The Mother's Struggle	52	(13)
Eliza's Escape	65	(15)
In Which It Appears That a Senator Is But a Man	80	(16)
The Property Is Carried Off	96	(10)
In Which Property Gets Into an Improper State of Mind	106	(13)
Select Incident of Lawful Trade	119	(16)
The Quaker Settlement	135	(9)
Evangeline	144	(10)
Of Tom's New Master, and Various Other Matters	154	(16)
Tom's Mistress and Her Opinions	170	(18)
The Freeman's Defence	188	(16)
Miss Ophelia's Experiences and Opinions	204	(16)
Miss Ophelia's Experiences and Opinions, Continued	220	(19)
Topsy	239	(15)
Kentuck	254	(5)
``The Grass Withereth--The Flower Fadeth''	259	(7)
Henrique	266	(8)
Foreshadowings	274	(6)
The Little Evangelist	280	(5)
Death	285	(13)
``This Is the Last of Earth''---John Q. Adams	298	(7)
Reunion	305	(14)
The Unprotected	319	(8)
The Slave Warehouse	327	(10)
The Middle Passage	337	(6)
Dark Places	343	(9)
Cassy	352	(7)
The Quadroon's Story	359	(11)
The Tokens	370	(7)
Emmeline and Cassy	377	(7)
Liberty	384	(7)
The Victory	391	(10)
The Stratagem	401	(10)
The Martyr	411	(7)
The Young Master	418	(6)
An Authentic Ghost Story	424	(7)
Results	431	(8)
The Liberator	439	(4)
Concluding Remarks	443