Uncle Tom's cabin

ISBN: 0553212184
ISBN: 9780553212181
Physical Description: xviii, 451 pages ; 18 cm.
Publisher: New York : Bantam, 1981.

Book

Uncle Tom's cabin / by Harriet Beecher Stowe ; with an introduction by Alfred Kazin.

Summary:

This 1852 novel provides a powerful, historical look at the treatment of slaves in the pre-Civil War South.

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:: In which the reader in introduced to a man of humanity -- Mother -- Husband and father -- Evening in Uncle Tom's cabin -- Showing the feelings of living property on changing owners -- Discovery -- Mother's struggle -- Eliza's escape -- In which it appears that a senator is but a man -- Property is carried off -- In which property gets into an improper state of mind -- Select incidents of lawful trade -- Quaker settlement -- Evangeline -- Of Tom's new master, and various other matters -- Tom's mistress and her opinions -- Freeman's defence -- Miss Ophelia's experiences and opinions -- Miss Ophelia's experiences and opinions, continued -- Topsy -- Kentucky -- "The grass withereth-the flower fadeth" -- Henrique -- Foreshadowings -- Little evangelist -- Death -- "This is the last of earth" -- Reunion -- Unprotected -- Slave warehouse -- Middle passage -- Dark places -- Cassy -- Quadroon's story -- Tokens -- Emmeline and Cassy -- Liberty -- Victory -- Stratagem -- Martyr -- Young master -- Authentic ghost story -- Results -- Liberator -- Concluding remarks.