Harriet Beecher Stowe - Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Novel Based on the Lives of Slaves [Pre-war edition]

BEECHER-STOWER, Harriet—UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. A Novel Based on the Lives of Slaves

Published by “Nowe Wydawnictwo,” Warsaw, no date. Dimensions: 18x13.5 cm; 160 pages. Half-leather binding (scuffs, a few spots of dirt on the pages). Ownership stamp and signature. Illustrations.

H. Beecher-Stowe’s novel is set in the pre-Emancipation (before 1863) United States, when slavery was still legal and widespread in the South. The title character, Uncle Tom—a calm, decent slave—and his story resonated widely in the United States and Europe. Published during the American Civil War, the novel won international allies for the North by exposing the atrocities of the slave system and had a significant impact on the South’s defeat.