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“The American People”, a US history textbook intended for high school students written by one William A. Hamm in 1938, claims that the novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was “Not a true depiction of slave conditions”. Was, & if so, in what way, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” an inaccurate depiction of American Slavery?

by /u/Damned-scoundrel in /r/AskHistorians

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