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Stowe, Harriet Beecher
(1811-1896) American writer. Harriet Beecher Stowe is best known for writing "Uncle Tom's Cabin," in which she expresses her moral outrage at the institution of slavery and its destructive effects on both whites and blacks.
Books About Protest Literature
Protest Literature has existed in different forms throughout literary history. Some of the greatest writers in history have employed their talents toward awakening the public to injustices locally and world-wide.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Read the text for "Uncle Tom's Cabin," by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Uncle Tom's Cabin Quiz
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is a famous American novel. What happens in this book? And, why is the story so memorable? Test your knowledge about "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Book That Made The Great War
Langston Hughes called "Uncle Tom's Cabin" America's "first protest novel." Harriet Beecher Stowe first published the novel in 1852, as an outcry against slavery after the Fugitive Slave Act was passed in 1850.
Romantic Period Fiction - American Literature
The Romantic Period originated in Germany. Writers like Wordsworth and Coleridge are famous Romantic writers in England. In American literature, famous writers like Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, and Nathaniel Hawthorne created fiction during the Romantic Period in the United States. Explore the American fiction from the Romantic Period.