Book · 2021 · Fiction
Uncle Tom's Cabin
#192 of 16,669 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
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Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin which is a book about migration a book about travel a book about race obviously a book about slavery.
Tyler Cowen · The Tim Ferriss Show · May 2020 Listen at 20:42 What they say about it
- Impact on the Civil War“created the Civil War”4
- Influence on slavery and attitudes“impact that that had on attitudes towards slavery”3
The best things said about it
The impact that that had on attitudes towards slavery.
Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast · Jul 2026 We think that Uncle Tom's Cabin is really more responsible for ending slavery than any other thing because the thought of slavery became untenable in the UK.
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was the first time most whites had ever read anything about what it was like to be a slave.
Michael Shermer The Joe Rogan Experience · Apr 2020 Do you know a book I just read it and it's it's the it is without besides the Bible a lot of arguably one of the most influential books ever in the written in the nineteenth century what yeah Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Bryan Callen The Joe Rogan Experience · Mar 2019 How good a novel is Uncle Tom's Cabin we know it's historically very very important but just to sit down and read it what should someone today think about it uh I wouldn't if you're looking for a good read today I would not recommend Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Tyler Cowen Conversations with Tyler · Jul 2024 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe is a classic nineteenth-century novel that explores the harsh realities of slavery, migration, and human dignity, famously recognized for its immense historical impact on American social attitudes leading up to the Civil War. The novel was explored across several cultural and historical podcasts. Tyler Cowen recommended the work on The Tim Ferriss Show as a profound narrative on travel, migration, and race, though during an episode of Conversations with Tyler he noted that modern readers looking purely for an entertaining novel might not find it an easy read today. Lex Fridman discussed the book's monumental influence on public sentiment regarding slavery during a historical overview of the American Civil War. Similarly, David Baldacci and Ocean Vuong both brought up the text on How I Write to examine the rare, extraordinary power of written literature to fundamentally alter history and shape society, referencing the famous historical anecdote regarding its role in the era. Julia Baird mentioned the book on The Daily Stoic in relation to the origins of specific historical lyrics within the song Amazing Grace, while Greg Cowles discussed James Baldwin's famous essay analyzing and critiquing the novel on The Book Review. These conversations collectively underscored the enduring, complex legacy of Stowe's work in American letters.
Every mention
Tyler Cowen and that is Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin which is a book about migration a book about travel a b… 2
Discussed
“how good a novel is Uncle Tom's Cabin we know it's historically very very important but just to sit down and read it what should someone today think about it uh I wouldn't if you're looking for a good read today I would not recommend Uncle Tom's Cabin”
Recommended
“and that is Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin which is a book about migration a book about travel a book about race obviously a book about slavery”
Jake Denton If you want a really bizarre experience, check out Tom Woods' new book. It came out a few months ago, and T… 1
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“If you want a really bizarre experience, check out Tom Woods' new book. It came out a few months ago, and Tom Woods was debunking this in real time with his newsletters starting in March of 2020.”
Bryan Callen Do you know a book I just read it and it's it's the it is without besides the Bible a lot of arguably one o… 2
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“Do you know a book I just read it and it's it's the it is without besides the Bible a lot of arguably one of the most influential books ever in the written in the nineteenth century what yeah Uncle Tom's Cabin”
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“what yeah Uncle Tom's Cabin whoa yeah I realized I hadn't read it and well I mean I think that Harriet Beecher Stowe and and I think the legend is that Lincoln said so you're the little woman that wrote this book that started this great war”
Tim Ballard when Lincoln met Harry Beecher Stowe who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin for the first time in the middle of the Ci… 2
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“when Lincoln met Harry Beecher Stowe who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin for the first time in the middle of the Civil War he said to her so you're the little lady that wrote The Big Book that started this war”
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“Harriet Beecher Stowe who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin after stumbling upon slavery and saying what is going on”
Abraham Verghese We think that Uncle Tom's Cabin is really more responsible for ending slavery than any other thing because… 1
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“We think that Uncle Tom's Cabin is really more responsible for ending slavery than any other thing because the thought of slavery became untenable in the UK”
Craig Nelson the change in the civil war came because of Uncle Tom's Cabin the change in the American Revolution came be… 1
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“the change in the civil war came because of Uncle Tom's Cabin the change in the American Revolution came because of Common Sense”
David Baldacci Look, words of, you know, I don't think Abraham Lincoln u ever said that, you know, Uncle Tom's Cabin um to… 1
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“Look, words of, you know, I don't think Abraham Lincoln u ever said that, you know, Uncle Tom's Cabin um to the author that you're the little lady that started this great war.”
Greg Cowles um but this great essay everybody's protest novel which is just a takedown of Uncle Tom's Cabin 1
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“um but this great essay everybody's protest novel which is just a takedown of Uncle Tom's Cabin”
Julia Baird that line wasn't there from Isaac Newton that that line was there from was put in by Harriet Beacher stow a… 1
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“that line wasn't there from Isaac Newton that that line was there from was put in by Harriet Beacher stow and Uncle Tom's Cabin”
Lex Fridman You have Uncle Tom's Cabin earlier in the decade in 18-- and what... And the impact that that had on attitu… 1
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“You have Uncle Tom's Cabin earlier in the decade in 18-- and what... And the impact that that had on attitudes towards slavery.”
Megyn Kelly this is one of the points that you raise in Uncle Tom I think it was the first one 1
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“this is one of the points that you raise in Uncle Tom I think it was the first one”
Michael Shermer so you know here Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was the first time most White's had ever read an… 1
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“so you know here Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was the first time most White's had ever read anything about what it was like to be a slave”
Ocean Vuong You know, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin created the Civil War according to Lincoln. Which freed… 1
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“You know, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin created the Civil War according to Lincoln. Which freed millions of people. So it happens but I don't wake up um counting on that because there are examples on both sides historically.”
Tim Ferriss you own probably more than $100,000 worth of black collectibles including figurines books postcards first e… 1
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“you own probably more than $100,000 worth of black collectibles including figurines books postcards first edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin”
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“I can think of one example was a novel called Uncle Tom's Cabin and that led to the freedom of the slaves”
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“and of course this is when Kelly Elliot Uncle Tom's Cabin Henry beat what's her first name I'm drawing a blank Harriet Beecher Stowe writes Uncle Tom's Cabin which becomes a best-seller”
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Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
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“and another book how had B sto's Uncle sto's cabin that brought him to s socialism”
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“books like Uncle Tom's Cabin which the book seller says sold 2 million copies in the decades since it had been published”
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“Several books were written by women claiming to be ex- nuns who had escaped from convents where they witnessed orgies, torture, witchcraft, and the slaughter of infants. One account was so popular that in the years before the Civil War, its sales were surpassed only by Uncle Tom's Cabin.”
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“by the way i watched i don't know if you saw that documentary uncle tom i don't know i haven't seen it”
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“and of course this is when Kelly Elliot Uncle Tom's Cabin Henry beat What's her first name I'm drawing a blank Harriet Beecher Stowe writes Uncle Tom's Cabin which becomes a best-seller and it's about the Fugitive Slave issues”
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“and of Sojourner Truth and Uncle Tom's Cabin um and and On the Origin of Species”