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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05508.013.04 |
| From Archive Folder | Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Title | ("Uncle Tom's Cabin") Poor Tom! |
| Date | 1852 |
| Author | Jefferys, Charles (1807-1865) |
| Additional authors | Glover, Stephen (1813-1870) |
| Document Type | Artwork; Miscellany |
| Content Description | Signed by Charles Still and William Holland Love in upper right corner. Sheet music cover from the play Uncle Tom's Cabin. Written by Charles Jefferys and composed by Stephen Glover. Depicts a white slave owner, Legree, threatening the slave Tom, "Didn't I pay down twelve hundred dollars cash for you. a'nt you mine now, body and soul!" |
| Subjects | African American History Slavery Abolition Uncle Tom Woman Author Women's History Art, Music, Theater, and Film |
| People | Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896) Glover, Stephen (1813-1870) Jefferys, Charles (1807-1865) Still, Charles (fl. 1852) Holland, William (fl. 1852) |
| Place written | London, England |
| Theme | African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Arts & Literature; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |