American Theater Poster for ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin | Ascension of Eva’, 1900s

Advertising poster for the 1927 silent film adaption of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”.  Subtitled ‘The Ascension of Eva’ below the central scene.

The title appears at the top between portraits of Abe Lincoln and author Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S., and is said to have “helped lay the groundwork for the American Civil War”.