Belknap Collection, Theatre 1879- 1879-1934 : Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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Belknap Collection, Theatre 1879- 1879-1934 : Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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This collection includes music scores, broadside heralds, playbills, clippings, periodical articles and website printouts relative to the play, Uncle Tom's Cabin. The book, first serialized in 1850, is often given credit as a rallying point for the anti-slavery movement and start of the Civil War. The melodramatic play enjoys the status of longest running play in the United States, having been produced continuously from 1853 to 1934. It is during this continual run that most of this collection dates.

1 box (3 lin. ft.)

University of Florida

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SNAC Resource ID: 7781222

University of Florida

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Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896

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Harriet Beecher Stowe (b. June 14, 1811, Litchfield, Connecticut – d. July 1, 1896, Hartford, Connecticut) was an American abolitionist and author. She is the daughter of Rev. Lyman Beecher who preached against slavery. She is best known for writing Uncle Tom's Cabin. It became an instant and controversial best-seller, both in the United States and abroad. The novel had a major impact on Northerners' attitudes toward slavery and by the beginning of the Civil War had sold more than a million copi...

George A. Smathers Libraries. Dept. of Special and Area Studies Collections.

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Belknap Collection for the Performing Arts

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