Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin is a anti-slave novel. This novel was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This book was published in 1852.
This novel gives a slaves perspective of life and how they are being treated. It shows how hard they work and how hard it is to live a life.
The main character of this novel is Uncle Tom and he is a slave.
This book was the best selling book in the 19th century. It was the best selling book after the Bible.

When Lincoln meets Stowe before the civil war starts he says "So this is the little lady who made this big war."

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