Uncle Tom's Cabin
Classic fiction, Historical fiction, United States history
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
One of the most popular, influential, and controversial books written by an American, Uncle Tom's Cabin is a rich, panoramic novel passionately dramatizing why the whole of America is implicated in and responsible for slavery. It is the story of… the slave Tom, who is devout and loyal and is sold and sent down South, where he endures brutal treatment at the hands of plantation owner Simon Legree. It is the exploration of society’s failures and the asking of a profound question: What is it to be a moral human being? And, moreover, it is the novel that helped move a nation to battle these injustices.