Tom Sawyer's Cabin

Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Publish Date: 1998-10-01
Features: This library aims to compile the essence of world literary creation, comprehensively reflecting the highest achievements of world literature, including that of China, and providing readers with world-class literary masterpieces. It takes long novels that can represent the literary achievements of an era as the backbone, while also fully reflecting the outstanding achievements in various genres such as short stories, poetry, essays, drama, fairy tales, and fables. The selection period for foreign literature extends from the heroic epics of ancient heroes to the end of World War II; for Chinese literature, it spans from the Book of Songs to the founding of the People's Republic of China. It is a precious literary book system that encompasses both ancient and modern times and includes works from all over the world.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, was deeply opposed to the brutal treatment and trade of black slaves as soulless livestock under American slavery. In 1850, the U.S. federal parliament passed the Fugitive Slave Act, stipulating that no one could harbor escaped slaves, and that residents of free states who assisted escaped slaves would face legal sanctions. The passage of this law was equivalent to legally recognizing black slaves as private property of slaveholders across the entire United States. At that time, a significant number of Northern political and religious leaders even defended this act, arguing that it was necessary to maintain federal unity and prevent the country from splitting into two northern and southern states. This further enraged Stowe. She believed that only those who were ignorant of the truth and cruelty of slavery would defend the Fugitive Slave Act. Determined to expose the horrifying atrocities of slavery through literature, she resolved to reveal the horrors of slavery to the world. Her intended readers were primarily white Christians in the North, and she hoped that through her work, they would sympathize with and support the struggle to abolish slavery.