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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
by:
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Chapters I–V
Chapters VI–IX
Chapters X–XIII
Chapters XIV–XVI
Chapters XVII–XIX
Chapters XX–XXIII
Chapters XXIV–XXVIII
Chapters XXIX–XXXIII
Chapters XXXIV–XXXVIII
Chapters XXXIX–XLV
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Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Chapter XXI
Chapter XXII
Chapter XXIII
Chapter XXIV
Chapter XXV
Chapter XXVI
Chapter XXVII
Chapter XXVIII
Chapter XXIX
Chapter XXX
Chapter XXXI
Chapter XXXII
Chapter XXXIII
Chapter XXXIV
Chapter XXXV
Chapter XXXVI
Chapter XXXVII
Chapter XXXVIII
Chapter XXXIX
Chapter XL
Chapter XLI
Chapter XLII
Chapter XLIII
Chapter XLIV
Chapter XLV
Characters
Character List
Uncle Tom
Ophelia St. Clare
Simon Legree
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Slavery
Escape
Womanliness
Christianity
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Chapters I–V
Chapters VI–IX
Chapters X–XIII
Chapters XIV–XVI
Chapters XVII–XIX
Chapters XX–XXIII
Chapters XXIV–XXVIII
Chapters XXIX–XXXIII
Chapters XXXIV–XXXVIII
Chapters XXXIX¬–XLV
Quotes By Character
Uncle Tom
Eliza Harris
George Harris
Ophelia St. Clare
Simon Legree
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Chapters 1–5
Chapters 6–9
Chapters 10–13
Chapters 14–16
Chapters 17–19
Chapters 20–23
Chapters 24–28
Chapters 29–33
Chapters 34–38
Chapters 39–45
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1
of 5
Which American President reportedly referred to Harriet Beecher Stowe as “the little lady who made this big war”?
George Washington
John Adams
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
2
of 5
Many historians have credited Stowe’s novel as contributing to the start of which historic conflict?
The Civil War
The Alamo
The Illinois Mormon War
The Homestead Strike
3
of 5
Stowe wrote satirical newspaper pieces on slavery while living in which city (where public opinion was split on the issue)?
Cleveland
Cincinnati
New Haven
New York
4
of 5
Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a response to the passage of which 1850 law?
The Twenty Negro Law
The Three-Fifths Compromise
The Thirteenth Amendment
The Fugitive Slave Act
5
of 5
Which prominent abolitionist did Stowe write to as part of her research for Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
Sojourner Truth
William Lloyd Garrison
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