Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe [Getty Images]

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and abolitionist, 14 June 1811 1 July 1896. First published in 1852. Facsimile of one page of the manuscript, showing crossed-out passages. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

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