Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly is an influential and famous anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe ()[].

Usually referred to simply as Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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

The work was often adapted,

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.