<Table> Uncle Tom 's Cabin <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Uncle Tom 's Cabin , Boston edition </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Author </Th> <Td> Harriet Beecher Stowe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original title </Th> <Td> Uncle Tom 's Cabin ; or , Life Among the Lowly </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Illustrator </Th> <Td> Hammatt Billings ( 1st edition ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Novel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Published </Th> <Td> Serialized in The National Era for ten months , beginning with the June 5 , 1851 issue . Published as a book in two volumes on March 20 , 1852 , John P. Jewett and Company . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> A Key to Uncle Tom 's Cabin ( 1853 ) </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who wrote the book uncle toms cabin which highlighted the horrors of slave life
Harriet Beecher Stowe