Today in Labor History Mar 20 "Uncle Tom’s Cabin," that publicized the evils of slavery published

[Omaha Steve]

March 20



March 20, 1852 - "Uncle Tom’s Cabin," the Harriet Beecher Stowe novel that publicized the evils of slavery, was published. It became the first novel to sell a million copies and one of the most important books in U.S. history.

For more information
The Library of Congress has an excellent web section on the book, the plays and films that it spawned, and its impact. Go to http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun05.html

The American Federation of Labor issues a charter to a new Building Trades Dept. Trades unions had formed a Structural Building Trades Alliance several years earlier to work out jurisdictional conflicts, but lacked the power to enforce Alliance rulings - 1908

Three hundred family farmers at a National Pork Producers Council meeting in Iowa protest factory-style hog farms - 1997

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_03_20_2010