u003cpu003eu003ciu003eUncle Toms Cabinu003c/iu003e brought the evils of slavery to the consciences and hearts of the American people by its moving portrayal of slave experience.u003cbru003eu003cbru003ePart of the Macmillan Collectors Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has an afterword by Pat Righelato.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eHarriet Beecher Stowe shows us in scenes of great dramatic power the human effects of a system in which slaves were property: the break up of families, the struggles for freedom, and the horrors of plantation labour. She brings into fiction the different voices of the emerging American nation; the Southern slave-owning classes, Northern abolitionists, the sorrow songs and dialect of slaves, as well as the language of political debate and religious zeal. The novel was, and is, controversial and abrasive in its demand for change.u003c/pu003e
