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[Broadside advertising Uncle Tom's cabin at the National Theatre, New York]

A note from G.L. Aiken, the author of the specific play version of Uncle Tom's Cabin being advertised, warns the public that his play has only been performed at the Troy Museum before its current run at the National Theatre. Also includes excerpts...

GLC05508.013.09

Slave life! or Uncle Tom's Cabin

Poster for a stage production of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Starting 16 December 1852, the production is not "a mere Stage Version of the Tale, but a Play, in which free use has been made of [Stowe's] personages and most striking incidents." The broadside...

GLC05508.013.10