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The story focuses on the tale of uncle tom, a longsuffering black slave, the central character around whose life the other charactersboth fellow slaves and slave ownersrevolve. He urges them to think on toms sacrifice every time they look at his cabin. The first edition of the novel was published in march 20th 1852, and was written by harriet beecher stowe. Concluding remarks the writer has often been inquired of, by correspondents from different parts of the country, whether this narrative is a true one. Harriet beecher stowe 1852 uncle tom s cabin, uk true first edition, published by john cassell in the original weekly installments. Uncle toms cabin by harriet beecher stowe audiobook.
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