jul 1, 1851 - Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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This was Abraham Lincoln's reported greeting to HARRIET BEECHER STOWE when he met her ten years after her book UNCLE TOM'S CABIN was published. Although the President may have been exaggerating a bit, few novels in American history have grabbed the public spotlight and caused as great an uproar as Uncle Tom's CabinAdded to timeline:
Date:
jul 1, 1851
Now
~ 175 years ago