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Book/Printed Material Uncle Tom's cabin; or, Life among the lowly.

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Title

  • Uncle Tom's cabin; or, Life among the lowly.

Names

  • Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.
  • Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906, inscriber.
  • Susan B. Anthony Collection (Library of Congress)
  • John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Boston, J.P. Jewett and company; Cleveland, O., Jewett, Proctor, and Worthington, 1853.

Headings

  • -  Uncle Tom--(Fictitious character)--Fiction
  • -  Master and servant--Fiction
  • -  African Americans--Fiction
  • -  Fugitive slaves--Fiction
  • -  Plantation life--Fiction
  • -  Southern States--Fiction
  • -  Slavery--Fiction
  • -  Slaves--Fiction

Genre

  • Political fiction
  • Didactic fiction

Notes

  • -  Added t.-p., engr.
  • -  First published 1852.
  • -  "From Wm. H. Tapp to Miss Lydia Mott in 1853, and from Miss Lydia Mott [to] Susan B. Anthony in 1874, and from Susan B. Anthony to the Congressional library in 1902."--Ms. note signed Susan B. Anthony. Also contains ms. notes by Miss Anthony concerning the Motts and Tapp, and the original inscription to Lydia Mott and to Susan B. Anthony.
  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  LC copy: Inscribed: Lydia Mott with regard of Wm. H. T., Jan. 1853 Inscribed: Susan B. Anthony from her friend L Mott, 1874 Inscribed by Anthony: From Wm. H. Topp to Miss Lydia Mott in 1853 and From Miss Lydia Mott Susan B. Anthony in 1874 and From Susan B. Anthony to the Congressional Library in 1902. Abigail & Lydia Motts house was the home of all of the abolitionists, Men & women, & Woman's Rights women who went before the Legislature in Albany-- or who were passing through that city--to the far west. Susan B. Anthony 17 Madison st., Rochester, N.Y., Dec. 25.1902 William H. Topp was a colored man in Albany, New York a splendid man almost white it was said that his father was a Schuyler. He was a Taylor by trade, he made the coats, vests, & pants for William H. Seward, John & Joshua Spencer and the very elite of Albany. Gerrit Smith of Peterboro, N.Y., Charles F. Hovey of Boston, Wm. Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips have sat at his table. His wife was a West Indian woman & very refined and Lydia Mott to whom he gave this copy of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was an abolitionist and the best friend of Mr. Topp & his family. S. B. A.
  • -  Choice/form AACR2: vj39 07-26-96
  • -  LAC knj 2020-02-03 no edits (1 card)
  • -  LAC tnb 2022-08-09 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 560 p. front. (port.) illus., pl. 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PS2954 .U5 1853
  • PS2954 .U5 1853 Copy 3 Copy 3.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 19018265

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, Susan B Anthony, Susan B. Anthony Collection, and John Davis Batchelder Collection. Uncle Tom's cabin; or, Life among the lowly. Boston, J.P. Jewett and company; Cleveland, O., Jewett, Proctor, and Worthington, 1853. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/19018265/.

APA citation style:

Stowe, H. B., Anthony, S. B., Susan B. Anthony Collection & John Davis Batchelder Collection. (1853) Uncle Tom's cabin; or, Life among the lowly. Boston, J.P. Jewett and company; Cleveland, O., Jewett, Proctor, and Worthington. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/19018265/.

MLA citation style:

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, et al. Uncle Tom's cabin; or, Life among the lowly. Boston, J.P. Jewett and company; Cleveland, O., Jewett, Proctor, and Worthington, 1853. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/19018265/>.