Unit 3: The Secret Road to Freedom (1ère G_gr1)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

The document under study is a video about the famous American writer who wrote a novel entitled “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” in 1852.  Harriet Beecher Stowe was a mother who lost one of her sons because of cholera. As a consequence, she linked her loss to the losses of slave mothers who had their children taken away from them. As a result, she became an abolitionist. Through her book, she gave feelings to the slaves and gave them back their humanity.

The title of her book is linked to the place where the slaves were living on the plantations. They were small houses compared to the big house of the slave master. Her novel was very successful as 245,000 copies were sold in America.

Homework: Learn the lesson.