Traces the process and influences behind the writing of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, which was published when the nation was torn over the issue of slavery and headed toward Civil War.
General Note
Includes index and glossary.
Content Note
Early theories of race in America -- The issue of slavery in nineteenth-century America -- Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom's cabin -- Stowe's purpose in writing Uncle Tom -- The world responds.