Uncle Tom's Cabin

noun

1. an antislavery novel (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Uncle Tom's Cabin

1. (1852) A novel , first published serially, by Harriet Beecher Stowe ; it paints a grim picture of life under slavery. The title character is a pious, passive slave, who is eventually beaten to death by the overseer Simon Legree .

Notes

Published shortly before the Civil War , Uncle Tom's Cabin won support for the antislavery cause.

Although Stowe presents Uncle Tom as a virtuous man, the expression “Uncle Tom” is often used as a term of reproach for a subservient black person who tolerates discrimination.

Example Sentences

But when we talk about slaves, we do not mean the sort of people about whom you have read in the pages of Uncle Toms Cabin.

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Jest you boys open these here doors and let the youngsters pile in, so they can go see Uncle Toms Cabin.

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As hostages we hold Uncle Toms Cabin troupe scheduled to appear at your reunion.

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Those scouts, and the Uncle Toms Cabin people, and a lot of old veterans, all crowded around us to say good-by.

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Better would it be for slavery if that law had never been enacted; for it gave occasion for Uncle Toms Cabin.

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