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- Wallpaper Fragment with Scene from Uncle Tom's Cabin, Used at Crotta House, circa 1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's book, <em>Uncle Tom's Cabin</em>, became a national and international best-seller when first published in 1852. A number of illustrated editions were produced soon after. This section of wallpaper may have been based on one of the illustrations called "Death of Uncle Tom." This section was removed from a house in Ireland -- a testament to the international acclaim of the novel.
- circa 1852
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Wallpaper Fragment with Scene from Uncle Tom's Cabin, Used at Crotta House, circa 1852
Harriet Beecher Stowe's book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, became a national and international best-seller when first published in 1852. A number of illustrated editions were produced soon after. This section of wallpaper may have been based on one of the illustrations called "Death of Uncle Tom." This section was removed from a house in Ireland -- a testament to the international acclaim of the novel.
- "Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Negro Life in the Slave States of America," 1852 - The trials of an enslaved black family seeking freedom are told in the pages of Harriet Beecher Stowe's <em>Uncle Tom's Cabin</em>. The work of fiction became a national and international best-seller when first published in 1852. In one year, 1.5 million copies were sold in Great Britain. The book advanced anti-slavery sympathies throughout Europe and made Stowe an international celebrity.
- 1852
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"Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Negro Life in the Slave States of America," 1852
The trials of an enslaved black family seeking freedom are told in the pages of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. The work of fiction became a national and international best-seller when first published in 1852. In one year, 1.5 million copies were sold in Great Britain. The book advanced anti-slavery sympathies throughout Europe and made Stowe an international celebrity.
- Photograph Album of Cartes-de-Visite, 1859-1870 -
- 1859-1865
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Photograph Album of Cartes-de-Visite, 1859-1870
- "Uncle Tom's Cabin; or Life among the Lowly," Vol. 1, 1852 - The trials of an enslaved black family seeking freedom are told in the pages of Harriet Beecher Stowe's <em>Uncle Tom's Cabin</em>. The work of fiction became an instant best-seller when first published in 1852. Stowe's emotional descriptions touched many readers while others dismissed it as lies. Abolitionist praised the book, but it was reviled by pro-slavery advocates.
- 1852
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"Uncle Tom's Cabin; or Life among the Lowly," Vol. 1, 1852
The trials of an enslaved black family seeking freedom are told in the pages of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. The work of fiction became an instant best-seller when first published in 1852. Stowe's emotional descriptions touched many readers while others dismissed it as lies. Abolitionist praised the book, but it was reviled by pro-slavery advocates.
- "Uncle Tom's Cabin! or, Life Among the Lowly!," March 21, 1864 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel <em>Uncle Tom's Cabin</em> about the trials of an enslaved black family seeking freedom became an instant best-seller when first published in 1852. Stage plays of the novel appeared soon after and some versions ran for decades. These productions varied in dramatic and literary quality. The book and plays stoked the fires of the anti-slavery movement before the Civil War.
- March 21, 1864
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"Uncle Tom's Cabin! or, Life Among the Lowly!," March 21, 1864
Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin about the trials of an enslaved black family seeking freedom became an instant best-seller when first published in 1852. Stage plays of the novel appeared soon after and some versions ran for decades. These productions varied in dramatic and literary quality. The book and plays stoked the fires of the anti-slavery movement before the Civil War.
- Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe to M. W. Chapman, 1862 -
- October 27, 1862
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Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe to M. W. Chapman, 1862
- "Truth Stranger than Fiction: Father Henson's Story of His Own Life," 1858 -
- 1858
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"Truth Stranger than Fiction: Father Henson's Story of His Own Life," 1858
- Wallpaper Fragment with Scene from Uncle Tom's Cabin, Used at Crotta House, circa 1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's book, <em>Uncle Tom's Cabin</em>, became a national and international best-seller when first published in 1852. A number of illustrated editions were produced soon after. This section of wallpaper may have been based on one of the illustrations called "Haley and Shelby with Little Harry." This section was removed from a house in Ireland -- a testament to the international acclaim of the novel.
- circa 1852
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Wallpaper Fragment with Scene from Uncle Tom's Cabin, Used at Crotta House, circa 1852
Harriet Beecher Stowe's book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, became a national and international best-seller when first published in 1852. A number of illustrated editions were produced soon after. This section of wallpaper may have been based on one of the illustrations called "Haley and Shelby with Little Harry." This section was removed from a house in Ireland -- a testament to the international acclaim of the novel.
- Wallpaper Fragment with Scene from Uncle Tom's Cabin, Used at Crotta House, circa 1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's book, <em>Uncle Tom's Cabin</em>, became a national and international best-seller when first published in 1852. A number of illustrated editions were produced soon after. This section of wallpaper may have been based on one of the illustrations called "Eva Distributing Hair." This section was removed from a house in Ireland -- a testament to the international acclaim of the novel.
- circa 1852
- Collections - Artifact
Wallpaper Fragment with Scene from Uncle Tom's Cabin, Used at Crotta House, circa 1852
Harriet Beecher Stowe's book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, became a national and international best-seller when first published in 1852. A number of illustrated editions were produced soon after. This section of wallpaper may have been based on one of the illustrations called "Eva Distributing Hair." This section was removed from a house in Ireland -- a testament to the international acclaim of the novel.
- Wallpaper Fragment with Scene from Uncle Tom's Cabin, Used at Crotta House, circa 1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's book, <em>Uncle Tom's Cabin</em>, became a national and international best-seller when first published in 1852. A number of illustrated editions were produced soon after. This section of wallpaper may have been based on one of the illustrations called "Eliza's Flight." This section was removed from a house in Ireland -- a testament to the international acclaim of the novel.
- circa 1852
- Collections - Artifact
Wallpaper Fragment with Scene from Uncle Tom's Cabin, Used at Crotta House, circa 1852
Harriet Beecher Stowe's book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, became a national and international best-seller when first published in 1852. A number of illustrated editions were produced soon after. This section of wallpaper may have been based on one of the illustrations called "Eliza's Flight." This section was removed from a house in Ireland -- a testament to the international acclaim of the novel.