History glossary
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 antislavery novel that helped turn public opinion against slavery.
- Category
- Book
- Region
- United States
- Date range
- 1852
What it means
Uncle Tom's Cabin was an antislavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published in book form in 1852. Its vivid portrayal of slavery reached a vast readership and helped make slavery feel immediate and morally urgent to many Northerners.
