Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Bonn, language: English, abstract: In 1852 one of the most famous slave-narratives and a best-selling novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe was published. The book is steeped in history because it aroused 19th century American society to set against the institution of slavery. In Uncle Tom's Cabin slavery disrupts whole families and...