A Great Novels Impact on Humanity: Uncle Tom’s Cabin -Social Change and Stereotype In recent years, the negative associations with Uncle Tom’s Cabin have, to an extent, overshadowed the historical impact of the book as a “vital antislavery tool.”~ First published in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel greatly helped theaniti-slavery movement. The book was translated into all major languages, and in the United States it became the second best-selling book after the Bible The impact attributed to the book is great, reinforced by a story that when Abraham Lincoln met Stowe at the start of the Civil War, Lincoln declared, “So this is the little lady who started this great war.” 

A Great Novels Impact on Humanity: Uncle Tom’s Cabin -Social Change and Stereotype

In recent years, the negative associations with Uncle Tom’s Cabin have, to an extent, overshadowed the historical impact of the book as a “vital antislavery tool.”~

First published in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel greatly helped the
aniti-slavery movement. The book was translated into all major languages, and in the United States it became the second best-selling book after the Bible

The impact attributed to the book is great, reinforced by a story that when Abraham Lincoln met Stowe at the start of the Civil War, Lincoln declared, “So this is the little lady who started this great war.” 

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