Uncle Tom's Cabin: Classic Literature Easy to Read

by Harriett Beecher Stowe (Contribution by)

Overview

This classic novel has been abridged and adapted into 10 illustrated chapters. This format is ideal for bilingual education - people learning English as a second language (ESL),  English Language Learners (ELL), people of any age intending to improve reading skills and students for whom the original version would be too long or difficult. This learning product is high-interest, low-readability. Readers of this version will improve comprehension, fluency and vocabulary.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780848111328
Publisher:	EDCON Publishing Group
Publication date:	02/15/2012
Series:	Bring the Classics to Life Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	56
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	7 Years

About the Author

Harriet was a white American born in the year 1811. While living in Cincinnati during her young adulthood, she did all she could to put an end to slavery. Her stories of Uncle Tom were first published in an anti-slavery paper, The National Era. Later, these stories were published in book form. This book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was well received in the North. It was this story that had much to do with events leading up to the Civil War. It is also believed that this book was one of the reasons Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery.

Read an Excerpt

You can say what you will about slavery, Mr. Shelby," Haley said. "But, you know, black people are not like white people. You see, Eliza, that black mother, will soon not care that her boy is gone." The slave trader laughed. The slave trader would make money selling Shelby's slaves "down river." Down river was New Orleans. "I don't want to take Harry from his mother," said Shelby. "Oh, I could sell the other too!" said Haley. "You may not buy her!" Shelby shouted. My wife would never hear of it. It is hard for me just giving up Tom. He is my best slave. He reads the Bible, you know. I need people like Tom. I trust him. Eliza was the mother of the boy the two men had talked about. And she had heard them talking. The trader wants my little Harry, she thought. He will never get his hands on him! She said to herself. Eliza was married to George Harris. He was a good man. He was also a slave. He lived and worked on a place near the Shelby home. Sometimes married slaves could not live together. And so it was with Eliza and George.