1852 Toronto edition of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

by sschofield | Jan 3, 2020 | Western Libraries Collections

First serialized in The National Era, in June of 1851, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published in book form in March of 1852 by the Boston firm of John B. Jewett and Co. A powerful, critical assessment of American slavery, Stowe’s novel joined a long line of slave narratives in print.