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WARD,LOOK&CO.,LondonandNewYoek. : LIFE AMONG THE LOWLY. BY HARHIET BEECHER STOWE, WITH A SKETCH OF tllE LIFE OF THE REVEREND JOSIAH HENSON, " GENER^VLLY KNOYYN AS “UNCLE TOM.” WARD, LOCK AND CO., LONDON WARWICK HOUSE, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.O. NEW YORK BOND STREET. ; V \ INTRODUCTION, • Mhs. Haeeiet Beecher Stows, born at Lichfield, in the UnitedStates,intheyear 1812, is theseconddaughterofDr. LymanBeecher,pastorofaPresbyterianchurchinCincinnati. Sheisapersonofmiddlestature, s.nd withlittlepretensionto any other personal beautythan that whichhomely, motherly benevolence, and eyes radiant with the fires of intelligence, unite to confer. Educated at Boston, she ac(juired all the accomplishmentsmostinfavourwithherses, andmuchofth.. learning usually reserved to the other. She thus became competentatanearlyagetoundertakethedutiesofgoverness, andrenderedhereldersisterCatherineimportantserviceinthe management of a flonrisliing ladies’ school establishedbythe — latter resigning her duties, at lefigth, upon contracting yet higher ones by her marriage with the Ilev. Calvin Stowe, professorofBiblical literature in ftie seminary ofwhich her fatlicrwasthenpresident. jicssed by a numerous family, the domestic life of Mrs. Stowehasbeenattendedbyanequable,quiethappinessnotk>o common even in the homes of pastors’ wives. K’ot that the noonoflierdayhasbeenallsunshine. Cloudshaveintervened, ofdurationanddarknesswhichanybereavedmotherwhomay read these pages needs no aid to comprehend. Six of Mrs. Stowe’s children are, however, stiU living, and much OJ he timehasbeendevotedtotheireducation. vi UtTEODTTCTIOlff. But,astrong-hearted, deep-souled woman; daughter, wife, andsisterofa Christian pastor, the serene happinessofhome eould never confer on her immunity from pain while the victimsofsoterrible a systemas slavery shiveredatherdoor. Thereare Iicarts which are not all contained in themselves—* whosechordsputforthdelicateshootsandfibresintothehearts of all humanity, instantly and painfully responsive to tlie Borrow of all. Such aheart hasMrs. Stowe; and, abereaved mother, strickenbythehandofaGodwhochastenethinmercy, herown grief shrouded notfromher eyesthe greatergriefof tenthousand mothers, bereaved by the handsofmen withan eyeto cotton-crops for the Manchester, and “fancy articles” forthe New Orleans markets. For years and years the con- trastedcruelties and sufferingswhich peculiarly belongtothe — “peculiar institution” with that fearful degradation, moral andmental, too deepto be felt bythe sufferers—pressedupon her all-womanly sympathies; until the Fugitive Slave Law climaxedheremotions, andforcedthemintoexpression. Then appeared “UncleTom’s Cabin.” Abriefhistoryofthebookisthusgiveninaletteraddressed toamemberofthefirmwhi^'hissuesthisvolume - “Youwish to know the historyofthebook. Foreighteen years previous to 1850 we lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, within sightofKentucky, aborderslave-state. Weformed acquain- tancesinKentucky,Yirginia,Maryland,andotherslave-states, andbecameexceedingly interestedintheblacks. Formostof theeighteen years we lived in the West, our domestic lielps consisted principally of liberated slaves. Thus Mrs. Stowe became acquainted with their language, manners, character, habits, etc. “AboutthetimeofherreturntoNewEngland, in 1850, tlie odiousandcruelFugitiveSlaveLawwaspassedbytheUnited States Congress. This law distressed Mrs. Stowe beyond measure. Shecouldscarcelysleepatnight; sopained wasshe