1-157-114 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Illustration from a poster advertising a theatrical production of Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1870. George, defending his wife and child from recapture. The family were helped to safety in Canada by the 'Underground Railroad'. Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) published her anti-slavery novel in serial form in 1851-1852 and as a book in 1852