Book Banned: This is the best-selling novel of the 19th century and the second best-selling book of that century, following the Bible. Far more Americans of that time saw the story as a stage play or musical than read the book.
Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896)
Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", according to Will Kaufman. On Thanksgiving Day 1862, when she was introduced to President Abraham Lincoln, he allegedly greeted her with these memorable words, 'So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this Great War!' In recent years, the negative associations with Uncle Tom's Cabin have, overshadowed the historical impact of the book as a vital antislavery tool
The book and the plays it inspired helped popularize a number of stereotypes about black people. These include the affectionate, dark-skinned "mammy"; the "pickaninny" stereotype of black children; and the "Uncle Tom", or dutiful, long-suffering servant faithful to his white master or mistress. In recent years, the negative associations with Uncle Tom's Cabin have, to an extent, overshadowed the historical impact of the book as a "vital antislavery tool.
The book and the plays it inspired helped popularize a number of stereotypes about black people. These include the affectionate, dark-skinned "mammy"; the "pickaninny" stereotype of black children; and the "Uncle Tom", or dutiful, long-suffering servant faithful to his white master or mistress. As a result, the book (along with illustrations from the book and associated stage productions) played a major role in permanently ingraining these stereotypes into the American psyche.
The beginning of this change in the novel's perception had its roots in an essay by James Baldwin titled "Everybody’s Protest Novel." In the essay, Baldwin called Uncle Tom’s Cabin a "very bad novel" which was also racially obtuse and aesthetically crude. However, in recent years, scholars such as Henry Louis Gates Jr. have begun to re-examine Uncle Tom's Cabin, stating that the book is a "central document in American race relations and a significant moral and political exploration of the character of those relations."
This book is listed in books banned by governments. It was banned in the Confederate States during the Civil War because of its anti-slavery content. In 1852, Uncle Tom's Cabin was banned in Russia under the reign of Nicholas I because of the idea of equality it presented, and for its "undermining religious ideals."
List of books banned by governments - Wikipedia
Genre(s): Historical Fiction
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