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Presents an annotated version of Harriet Beecher Stowe's classic novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" that describes the lives of slaves and abolitionists in the 1800s, historical discussions of the Underground Railroad, slave trade, and plantation life, and advertisements that were influenced by the novel.

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Main Author: Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 (Author)
Corporate Author: Cairns Collection of American Women Writers
Other Authors: Gates, Henry Louis, Jr (Editor, Writer of introduction), Robbins, Hollis, 1963- (Editor, Writer of introduction), Dalton, Karen C. C., 1948- (Contributor), Biale, Noam (Contributor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2007]
Edition:1st edition.
Subjects:
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, > 1811-1896. > Uncle Tom's cabin.
Uncle Tom > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Master and servant > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Fugitive slaves > Fiction.
Slavery > Fiction.
Enslaved persons > Fiction.
Plantation life > Fiction.
Southern States > Fiction.
American fiction > 19th century.
Political fiction.
Didactic fiction.
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Summary:Presents an annotated version of Harriet Beecher Stowe's classic novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" that describes the lives of slaves and abolitionists in the 1800s, historical discussions of the Underground Railroad, slave trade, and plantation life, and advertisements that were influenced by the novel.
Physical Description:xlvii, 480 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-478).
ISBN:9780393059465
0393059464
9786611858667
6611858660
Author Notes:Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was born on September 16, 1950, in Keyser, West Virginia. He received a degree in history from Yale University in 1973 and a Ph.D. from Clare College, which is part of the University of Cambridge in 1979. He is a leading scholar of African-American literature, history, and culture. He began working on the Black Periodical Literature Project, which uncovered lost literary works published in 1800s. He rediscovered what is believed to be the first novel published by an African-American in the United States. He republished the 1859 work by Harriet E. Wilson, entitled Our Nig, in 1983.

He has written numerous books including Colored People: A Memoir, A Chronology of African-American History, The Future of the Race, Black Literature and Literary Theory, and The Signifying Monkey: Towards a Theory of Afro-American Literary Criticism. In 1991, he became the head of the African-American studies department at Harvard University. He is now the director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research at the university.

He wrote and produced several documentaries including Wonders of the African World, America Beyond the Color Line, and African American Lives. He has also hosted PBS programs such as Wonders of the African World, Black in Latin America, and Finding Your Roots.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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