Uncle Tom’s CabinOne thing is certain, that there is a mustering among the masses, the world over; and there is a dis irae coming on, sooner or later. Viewed by many as fuelling the abolitionist movement of the 1850s and laying the groundwork for the Civil War, Harriet Beecher Stowes sentimental and moral tale of slaves attempting to secure their freedom was one of the most popular books of the nineteenth century. Centred round the long suffering Uncle Tom, a devout