Uncle Tom's Cabin
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"Uncle Tom's Cabin", also translated as "The Death of a Negro," is an anti-slavery novel published by American writer Harriet Beecher Stowe (Mrs. Stowe) in 1852. The novel's views on African Americans and American slavery had a profound impact. It is considered to be a major factor in stimulating the rise of abolitionism in the 1850s, and to some extent intensified the regional conflicts that led to the First World War. In the first year of its publication, 300,000 copies were sold in the United States. The book was also very popular abroad. In the UK, 40 publishing houses published the book, with sales reaching more than 1.5 Million copies. At the same time, it has also been warmly welcomed by readers from all over the world, and has been highly praised by famous writers such as Tolstoy, Turgenev, George Sand, Heine, Dickens, etc. It has been adapted into plays, musicals, etc. And has been performed on stages across the United States for many years. It has been translated into more than 40 languages in the world.
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In the book, there are Uncle Tom who is upright and kind-hearted; George who is courageous, resourceful, smart and studious; Haley who is mercenary and ruthless; Legree who has no conscience; St. Clair who has a sense of justice but goes with the flow...
Uncle Tom was originally a black slave named Shelby Slavemaster in Kentucky. He was the most loyal and capable, and he worked loyally with his master for many years. But Shelby owed a debt, so she sold Tom and Jim, the son of the black slave Eliza, to pay for it.
Uncle Tom, he is honest, kind, stable and able to endure hardship. He is a devout black slave. Once, the slave owner Legree beat Tom unconscious in order to inquire about the whereabouts of two maids. The slave owner looked at him and then walked away triumphantly, as if he had done a great deed.
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Official(3)Scraped 7d ago
In the book, there are Uncle Tom who is upright and kind-hearted; George who is courageous, resourceful, smart and studious; Haley who is mercenary and ruthless; Legree who has no conscience; St. Clair who has a sense of justice but goes with the flow...
Uncle Tom was originally a black slave named Shelby Slavemaster in Kentucky. He was the most loyal and capable, and he worked loyally with his master for many years. But Shelby owed a debt, so she sold Tom and Jim, the son of the black slave Eliza, to pay for it.
Uncle Tom, he is honest, kind, stable and able to endure hardship. He is a devout black slave. Once, the slave owner Legree beat Tom unconscious in order to inquire about the whereabouts of two maids. The slave owner looked at him and then walked away triumphantly, as if he had done a great deed.
