Collection of essays addressing the controversy surrounding "Uncle Tom's Cabin". On publication in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel sparked a national debate about the nature of slavery and the character of those who embraced it. The book has been used to illuminate a host of issues dealing with race, gender, polictics and religion in antebellum America. Thirteen contributors in this volume enter these debates from a variety of critical perspectives.
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