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Supplement Edition: Uncle Tom's Cabin: or, Life Among the Lowly
Supplement Edition Uncle Tom's Cabin or Life Among the Lowly Author:Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin broke open the discussion that had been so marginalized between the North and the South on the subject of slavery as to be an issue of free speech. No longer was it a rarefied moral debate over whether the Bible, which describes and does not condemn slavery, should be used to justify its continuance in the Industrial Age. — Rath... more »er than debate the points, Harriet Beecher Stowe used her considerable skills in dramatizing a number of situations, some inspiring and sympathetic, some hard to read dispassionately, as she subtitles the work: Life Among the Lowly. The book was like a magnifying glass. It changed the framework of discussion and led, ultimately, toward a better understanding of the principles on which the United States was founded.
The Supplement Edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin includes a glossary of terms peculiar to the mid-Nineteenth Century, references for quotations, and identifying characters mentioned. The Notes section is based on questions that smart students ought to be asking, about the background, Harriet's own progress toward this book, aftermath, and such. Harriet Beecher Stowe proudly kept her family name; several of her brothers, her older sister Catharine, and her father were major figures of the day, engaged in political, theological, and social issues.
To learn more about the Beechers, look up The Beechers Through the Nineteenth Century (http://createspace.com/3687715) for additional background on the era. The Supplementary material in the notes following the text is arranged by question/answer, with a Glossary to follow.
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
How did Harriet begin her writing career?
What did Harriet Beecher Stowe write?
What raised the stakes on the abolition debate?
Why was slavery an important issue?
What was Harriet?s writing habit? comfort.??
Did Harriet have a co-author?
Who was Calvin Stowe?
Who was Simon Legree?
Who was the model for Eliza?
Who was ?little Harry??
Who was the model for Uncle Tom?
What else was Harriet writing in the 1840s?
What did Harriet know about slavery?
What was the justification for slavery?
How did Harriet eventually write the book?
What was the first publication of Uncle Tom?s Cabin?
What was the second publication of Uncle Tom?s Cabin?
What did the critics say about Uncle Tom?s Cabin?
Why did Harriet speak against the clergy?s response to slavery?
What spiritual dimension did Harriet promote?
What about the royalties question?
How did Harriet?s views fit with other abolitionists?