Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher StoweA monumental work of American literature, Uncle Tom's Cabin charts the progress to freedom of fugitives who escape the chains of slavery, and of a martyr who transcends all earthly ties. This edition firmly locates the novel within the context of African American writing, the issues of race, and the role of women. Its appendices include the most important contemporary African American literary responses to the glorification of Uncle Tom's Christian

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