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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Chapters (45)
- Volume I: I: In Which the Reader Is Introduced to a Man of Humanity 0:00
- II: The Mother 27:20
- III: The Husband and Father 35:30
- IV: An Evening in Uncle Tom’s Cabin 49:33
- V: Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners 1:20:50
- VI: Discovery 1:44:43
- VII: The Mother’s Struggle 2:09:32
- VIII: Eliza’s Escape 2:44:03
- IX: In Which It Appears That a Senator Is but a Man 3:26:29
- X: The Property Is Carried Off 4:10:38
- XI: In Which Property Gets Into an Improper State of Mind 4:36:53
- XII: Select Incident of Lawful Trade 5:14:11
- XIII: The Quaker Settlement 5:58:28
- XIV: Evangeline 6:22:48
- XV: Of Tom’s New Master, and Various Other Matters 6:50:01
- XVI: Tom’s Mistress and Her Opinions 7:33:23
- XVII: The Freeman’s Defense 8:24:16
- XVIII: Miss Ophelia’s Experiences and Opinions 9:09:33
- Volume II: XIX: Miss Ophelia’s Experiences and Opinions Continued 9:52:13
- XX: Topsy 10:47:31
- XXI: Kentuck 11:26:41
- XXII: “The Grass Withereth—The Flower Fadeth” 11:39:10
- XXIII: Henrique 11:57:39
- XXIV: Foreshadowings 12:16:55
- XXV: The Little Evangelist 12:34:43
- XXVI: Death 12:47:19
- XXVII: “This Is the Last of Earth” 13:22:37
- XXVIII: Reunion 13:43:03
- XXIX: The Unprotected 14:21:45
- XXX: The Slave Warehouse 14:41:26
- XXXI: The Middle Passage 15:07:49
- XXXII: Dark Places 15:24:00
- XXXIII: Cassy 15:46:14
- XXXIV: The Quadroon’s Story 16:05:57
- XXXV: The Tokens 16:36:59
- XXXVI: Emmeline and Cassy 16:53:58
- XXXVII: Liberty 17:11:45
- XXXVIII: The Victory 17:28:31
- XXXIX: The Stratagem 17:56:13
- XL: The Martyr 18:21:47
- XLI: The Young Master 18:40:03
- XLII: An Authentic Ghost Story 18:56:32
- XLIII: Results 19:13:16
- XLIV: The Liberator 19:34:53
- XLV: Concluding Remarks 19:44:29
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Faced with the possibility of financial ruin, slave owner Arthur Shelby decides to sell two of his slaves: Uncle Tom and a young boy named Harry. Eliza, Harry’s mother, makes the decision to run away while Uncle Tom decides that his moral duty is to submit to his master and cooperate with the sale. The story follows the diverging lives of these two slaves—Eliza’s flight to Canada and Uncle Tom’s journey into the deep south.
Eliza is accompanied by her husband, George, who also escaped from his owner at the same time. Together they must outrun bounty hunters and somehow make their way to freedom. Uncle Tom, on the other hand, must face the uncertainty of new owners and separation from his family, while somehow remaining true to his religious faith.
Upon its release, Uncle Tom’s Cabin sparked immediate criticism from slave owners and praise from abolitionists. Its influence was such that one apocryphal story claims that Abraham Lincoln, upon meeting Stowe, stated “so this is the little lady who started this great war.”
The book remains controversial, with critics pointing to Uncle Tom’s passive nature and the extensive use of racial stereotypes. Despite this, the novel’s influence is undeniable, and it helped pave the way for modern protest literature.