In America in the 1850s it was normal for a family to assemble during the evening in the parlor and read Uncle Tom's Cabin so anyone might hear. However in a few quarters the book was considered profoundly controversial.In the South, as may be normal, it was severely reproved, and in a few states it was really unlawful to have a duplicate of the book. In southern daily papers Harriet Beecher Stowe was consistently depicted as a liar and
In America in the 1850s it was normal for a family to assemble during the evening in the parlor and read Uncle Tom's Cabin so anyone might hear. However in a few quarters the book was considered profoundly controversial.In the South, as may be normal, it was severely reproved, and in a few states it was really unlawful to have a duplicate of the book. In southern daily papers Harriet Beecher Stowe was consistently depicted as a liar and