Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly is an influential and famous anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe ()[].
The novel
Published in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S. and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War".
Adaptations for the stage
A dramatized version by Charles Hermann was produced at The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, on 15 August, 1892.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin
H. Philip Bolton. 2000. Women Writers Dramatized: A Calendar of Performances from Narrative Works Published in English to 1900. London: A&C Black: p.375.
