A Key To Uncle Toms Cabin Scholars Choice Edition

Author : Harriet Beecher Stowe
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334919299
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon Which the Story Is Founded, Together With Corroborative Statements Verifying the Truth of the Work The writer did not come to her task with out reading much upon both sides of the question, and making a particular effort to collect all the most favorable representa tions of slavery which she could ob tain. And, as the reader may have a curiosity to examine some of the documents, the writer will present them quite at large: There is no kind of danger, to the world in letting the very fairest side of slavery be seen; in fact, the horrors and barbarities which are necessarily inherent in it are so terrible that one stands absolutely in need of all the comfort which can be gained from incidents like the subjoined, to save them from utter despair of hurfian nature. The first account is from Mr. J. K. Paulding's Letters 011' Slavery; and is a letter from a Virginia planter, whom we should judge, from his style, to be a very amiable, agreeable man, and who probably describes very fairly the state of things on his own domain. Dear sir: As regards the first query, which relates to the rights and duties of the slave, I do not know how extensive a view of this branch of the subject is contemplated. In its simplest aspect, as understood and acted on in Virginia, I should say that the slave is entitled to an abun dance of good plain food to coarse but comfortable apparel to a warm but humble dwelling to pro tection when well, and to succor when Sl and, in return, that it is his duty to render to his mas ter all the service he can consistently with per feet health, and to behave submissively and hon estly. Other remarks suggest themselves, but they will be more appropriately introduced under different heads. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.