A lady wrote a pamphlet, which triggered a war. What is this war?

The first American novel translated into Chinese

One of the fuses of the American Civil War.

Classic works that affect the historical process

One of the 32 landmark books in American history.

The most influential books recommended by Harvard University 1 13.

Classical translation that influenced modern China society.

Books that have had a profound impact on the process of human development.

185 1 year, when her husband was ill and her family was extremely poor, Mrs. Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, the most influential work in her life. This novel was first published in the National Times in serial form, which immediately aroused strong repercussions and was welcomed by people unparalleled. In the first year alone, it printed more than 65,438+000 editions and sold more than 300,000 copies in China. Later, it was translated into more than 20 languages and published all over the world. Critics believe that this book has played an important role in stimulating people's anti-slavery sentiment and is regarded as one of the causes of the American Civil War. When President Lincoln saw Mrs. Stowe later, he jokingly called her "a little woman who wrote a book and caused a big war." This joke fully embodies the great influence of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Uncle Tom's Cabin exposes and accuses the dark slavery by describing the tortuous experiences of Uncle Tom, George and their wives. Under the background of American society at that time, it was a stunning work that triggered and promoted the abolitionist movement. This world-renowned literary masterpiece has been published for a century and a half, but it is still so thought-provoking and tearful to read today, which shows the profound connotation and artistic charm of the work. As a work, it has long been included in the world famous works, and its great achievements and influence have been paid more and more attention and recognition by the literary world.

It was this short and lovely lady who accidentally constituted the fuse of that great war-civil war. She wrote a book, which became a great victory.

-abraham lincoln, President of the United States.

Mrs Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is the greatest victory in the history of literature.

-henry longfellow, a famous American poet

Uncle Tom's Cabin stirred the superficial art in America, immediately caused a stir and announced a special moment.

-James, American scholar

Mrs. Stowe's "Black Slaves Cry to Heaven"? Another translation of Uncle Tom's Cabin describes the suffering of black slaves who were mistreated by landlords, which made the readers cry, thus provoking a civil war and liberating black slaves.

-the famous writer Sue

The first time I heard the novel "Black Slave Record" by American woman writer Stowe, the tragic fate of black slaves in the southern United States and the story of their brave struggle, I was so excited that I gripped my handkerchief soaked with tears and tossed it on my pillow for a long time.

-Bing Xin, a famous writer

A novel that started a war.

Times make heroes, but also make shocking masterpieces. After the American War of Independence, capitalism in the north developed rapidly, but slavery in the south was still dehumanizing. Advocating slavery or opposing slavery has formed a sharp north-south opposition. At this time, Mrs. Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin came into being.

Uncle Tom's Cabin is also translated into Black Slave's Call to Heaven or Uncle Tom's Cabin. The story begins with the bargaining between a slave owner and a slave dealer. Shelby, a slave owner in Kentucky, failed to speculate in the stock market. In order to pay off his debts, he decided to sell two slaves. One is Tom who was born in Shelby Plantation. When I was a child, I was a little domestic slave who served my master, and I was quite loved by my master. When he became an adult, he became a domestic slave manager, loyal and committed to safeguarding the interests of his master. Another slave who was trafficked was Harry, the son of Eliza, a mulatto slave. Eliza is not a slave at the mercy of his master. When she overheard that the owner was going to sell Tom and her son Harry, she took her son and jumped into the frozen Ohio River at night, fled to the free state and then fled to Canada. Her husband, george harris, was a slave in a nearby plantation. He also waited for an opportunity to escape, joined his wife and took the children, and finally arrived in Canada with the help of the abolitionist organization.

Tom is a different story. He knew and supported Eliza's escape, but he didn't escape himself. He was educated by slave owners from an early age, fearing God, resigned to his fate and obeying his master. He didn't complain that his master was going to sell him to pay off his debts. He was willing to be at his mercy. He was resold to New Orleans and became a slave of the slaver Harry. In a drowning accident, Tom saved the slave owner's youngest daughter Eva's life. The child's father, St. Clay, bought Tom from Harry and became the servant of the host family, driving the carriage for the host family. Tom developed feelings for the little girl. Soon the little girl died suddenly, and St. Clay decided to liberate Tom and other slaves according to her last wish. However, before the legal process of liberation was completed, St. Clay was killed in an accident. St. Clay's wife did not liberate Tom and other slaves, but sent them to the slave auction market. From then on, Tom fell into the hands of Legelli, a slave owner of an extremely vicious "Red River" plantation. Legelli treated slaves as "talking animals", flogged them at will and lynched them. Tom endured this inhuman torture, but still did not think of finding a way out for himself, but silently pursued the principle of being a man. In order to survive, two female slaves in this plantation decided to run away, and they hid. Legelli suspected that Tom had helped them escape, tied Tom up and whipped him to death. But Tom finally rebelled against the slave owners and said nothing. When Tom was dying, the son of his former master betrayed his slave owner George Shelby for the first time to buy Tom, because Tom was a childhood servant and playmate of Little Shelby, but Tom couldn't accept the late help of his former master and died black and blue. George Shelby knocked Legelli to the ground and buried Tom on the spot. After returning to his hometown of Kentucky, Little Shelby liberated all the slaves under his name in the name of Uncle Tom and said to them, "Every time I see Uncle Tom's cabin, I should think of your freedom."

Uncle Tom's Cabin tells readers that Tom, who was at the mercy of slave owners, was doomed to death, while George and his wife, who dared to resist and fight, were reborn through the description of two slaves with different personalities. Therefore, Uncle Tom's Cabin has played a positive role in social development, especially in the victory of the American abolitionist movement and the just side represented by Lincoln in the American Civil War.