Ce roman, publi� aux U.S.A. en 1851 par Harriet B. Stowe, est un magnifique plaidoyer contre l'esclavage qui devint rapidement, avec la guerre de S�cession, "le" classique de l'anti-racisme.Le personnage de Tom est � ce point sublime de bont�, de beaut� morale, de tendresse pour tous ses semblables que l'on h�site � le croire vraisemblable. Une telle oeuvre fait mieux qu'�mouvoir et convaincre, elle trouble la mauvaise conscience d'une bonne part de l'humanit�.Etre sans cesse achet�s et vendus, tel est le sort des malheureux esclaves aux Etats-Unis. Elisa s'enfuit pour sauver son enfant, le vieil oncle Tom se r�signe � �tre vendu... Les ma�tres qui se succ�dent ne se rassemblent pas toujours, et certains esclaves retrouvent leur libert� alors que d'autres meurent. Ce magnifique plaidoyer contre l'esclavage est devenu, avec la guerre de S�cession, un classique de l'antiracisme.
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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