Uncle Tom's Cabin
1852 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Summary
Uncle Tom's Cabin is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.35% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,462 views/month, #100 of 28,446).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe[3]
- Illustrator: Hammatt Billings[4]
- Genre: serialized fiction[5]
- Followed by: A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin[6]
- Place of publication: Boston[7]
- Commons category: Uncle Tom's Cabin[8]
- Language of work or name: English[9]
- Country of origin: United States[10]
- Has part(s): Q98837536[11], Q98837538[12]
- Inception: 1852[13]
- Publication date: March 20, 1852[14]
- Characters: Uncle Tom[15], Little Eva[16], Simon Legree[17], Topsy[18]
- Has edition or translation: La Case de l’oncle Tom[19], Chata wuja Tomasza[20], De Hut van Oom Tom: Een verhaal uit het slavenleven in Noord-Amerika[21], De negerhut[22], Q99212259[23], Q99212166[24], Q104905071[25], Tom Khuro[26], F'ewythr Tomos : cân ddyri[27], Dadair Poja[28], Uncle Tom's Cabin[29], Q138720887[30], Onkel Toms Hytte[31], Q141346779[32]
- Topic's main category: Category:Uncle Tom's Cabin[33]
- Main subject: slavery in the United States[34]
- Inspired by: Josiah Henson[35]
- Work available at URL: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/harriet-beecher-stowe/uncle-toms-cabin[36]
- Title: Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly[37]
- Different from: Uncle Tom's Cabin[38]
- Derivative work: Uncle Tom's Cabin[39]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject African diaspora[40]
- Copyright status: public domain[41]
- Form of creative work: novel[42]
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Cultural Impact
Things named for Uncle Tom's Cabin include Topsy[43], a captive mammal[44].
Why It Matters
Uncle Tom's Cabin has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]
Entities named for it include Topsy[43], a captive mammal[44].