Uncle Tom's Children

From Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

1943 (Date published)

Uncle Tom's Children was published by Richard Wright in 1938 in response to Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. This book not only highlights the enslavement period and its aftermath but focuses on African Americans reclaiming a sense of agency, thus earning a spot in the collection. 

Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Hartford, CT.

Accession/ID Number Lib. 81.353

Subjects

• African American men in literature
• American literature--History and criticism
• Thomas, Bigger (Fictitious character)
• Trials (Murder) in literature

Related People in LC Wright, Richard, 1908-1960