# Uncle Tom's Cabin

by [Harriet Beecher Stowe](https://localbooks.app/authors/harriet-beecher-stowe)

- Genres: [Fiction littéraire](https://localbooks.app/genres/literary-fiction/literary-fiction)
- Set in: [Kentucky, États-Unis](https://localbooks.app/places/us/kentucky); [Ohio, États-Unis](https://localbooks.app/places/us/ohio); [New Orleans, Louisiane, États-Unis](https://localbooks.app/places/us/louisiana/new-orleans)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1852

## Description

In Kentucky, Eliza escapes with her small son across the ice of the Ohio River, while the faithful Tom is sold down the river to Louisiana. Harriet Beecher Stowe drew on her eighteen years in Cincinnati, across the river from slavery, where she met people who had escaped it. The bestselling novel of the 19th century, it changed how much of the North saw slavery.

## Where to buy

- [Project Gutenberg (ebook)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/203)

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