Title page for Volume I of the first edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852). By Hammatt Billings - http://muarchives.missouri.edu/images/exh_libraries/LE-SpecUncleTomsCabinLarge300res.JPG (Original work is in the public domain), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1974957
Today in #LaborHistory 3/20/1852: #HarrietBeecherStowe published #UncleTomsCabin was published, leading to a wave of support for #abolition. 1st #novel to sell a million copies.
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