Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
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Fugitive Slave Law 1850: penalty for refusing to help catch slaves
Fugitive Slave Law 1850: penalty for refusing to help catch slaves
Up to $1,000 fine & six months imprisonment
Commissioner payment: releasing vs. sending fugitive south
Commissioner payment: releasing vs. sending fugitive south
10 for sending south
Uncle Tom's Cabin serialization dates in National Era
Uncle Tom's Cabin serialization dates in National Era
5 June 1851 to 1 April 1852
Uncle Tom's Cabin: first year USA sales (1852)
Uncle Tom's Cabin: first year USA sales (1852)
300,000 copies
Uncle Tom's Cabin: Britain sales in one year
Uncle Tom's Cabin: Britain sales in one year
1.5 million copies
Who challenged Stowe to write about slavery?
Who challenged Stowe to write about slavery?
Isabella Porter Beecher (sister-in-law)
How Tom died in Uncle Tom's Cabin
How Tom died in Uncle Tom's Cabin
Whipped to death by Simon Legree
Eliza's escape route to freedom
Eliza's escape route to freedom
Across frozen Ohio River from Kentucky to North
Lincoln's alleged quote to Stowe about the Civil War
Lincoln's alleged quote to Stowe about the Civil War
'Little woman who wrote the book that started this great war'
'Uncle Tom' stereotype meaning
'Uncle Tom' stereotype meaning
Black American willing to be subservient to whites