The Power of the Pen: Harriet Beecher Stowe and “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
On this day in 1852, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe to protest the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, the novel follows the lives of two slaves, Uncle Tom and Eliza, and the many cruelties they endure at the hands of their owners. Inspired by her faith and equipped with an […]