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The novel sold 300,000 copies within three months and was so widely read that when. Books go search hello select your address best sellers customer service. Uncle toms cabin sold three hundred thousand copies by. Unfollow uncle tom s cabin book to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. In 1852, when harriet beecher stowe finished uncle toms cabin, she wrote to a congressman, horace mann, who happened to be nathaniel hawthornes brotherinlaw, to beg a favor. Uncle toms cabin was written by harriet beecher stowe and published by both national era and john p jewett and co. How many copies of uncle toms cabin were sold in the. In the first year after it was published, 300,000 copies of the book were sold in the.
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