德瑞德。;A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, Vol. II, 1856
Harriet Beecher Stowe, author
Courtesy of Benjamin H. Trask

Harriet Beecher Stowe'sUncle Tom's Cabinwas the best selling novel of the nineteenth century. It first appeared in a serialized format in theNational Eraof Washington, D.C. In 1852, the novel was issued in a two-volume set. Stowe'sDredfollowed that same format.