La novela m�s afamada de Harriet Beecher Stowe, escrita en 1852 y publicada en partes en un peri�dico abolicionista, ocasion� un en�rgico debate sobre la esclavitud, logrando la venta de medio mill�n de copias en un lapso de cinco a�os. La caba�a del t�o Tom materializa el sentir de los abolicionistas de su tiempo, su narrativa refiere escenas del diario vivir y su lectura despierta fort�simas emociones. La irradiaci�n de esta obra fue uno de los disparadores que precipit� la guerra civil estadounidense. La caba�a del t�o Tom r�pidamente fue considerada mundialmente como una obra maestra, y si bien en un principio fue editada en tomos, alcanz� el �xito total solo cuando se public� como libro. Se tradujo a m�s de veinte idiomas. Mas all� de su estructura irregular, como todas las obras de Stowe, la lectura de La caba�a de t�o Tom es absolutamente atrapante.
1811-1896
Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and author. Harriet was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, as the daughter of an outspoken religious leader Lyman Beecher. She was the sister of the educator and author, Catherine Beecher, clergymen Henry Ward Beecher and Charles Beecher.
Her father was a preacher who was greatly effected by the pro-slavery riots that took place in Cincinnati in 1834.
Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) depicted life for African-Americans under slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the U.S. and Britain and made the political issues of the 1850s regarding slavery tangible to millions, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. Upon meeting Stowe, Abraham Lincoln allegedly remarked, "So this is the little old lady who started this new great war!"
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