In Uncle Tom's Cabin, Stowe made millions of Americans see slavery for the first time through the eyes of its victims.

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel about slavery, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” was published in book form after being serialized in the abolitionist newspaper The National Era.

In the pre-Civil War South, a sadistic plantation owner brutalizes his slaves to the point of rebellion. Always obedient, peaceful and honest old slave Tom plays a central role in this tragedy.