Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin

When first published, Uncle Tom's Cabin brought with its huge success enormous attention to the depravity of slavery. Many people, however, quesetioned the basis of truth of the novel. In response, Mrs. Stowe gathered her research materials and published them in this rare book.


About the Author
Stowe, Harriet: - Harriet Beecher, born in Litchfield, CT in 1811, married Lane Theological Seminary professor and ardent critic of slavery Calvin Stowe in 1836. The Stowes supported the Underground Railroad, housing several runaway slaves in their home. Author of numerous fiction and non-fiction works, she is best known for Uncle Tom's Cabin, published in 1852.