Halfway between sermon and social theory: the mania for "Tom mania" -- "There is no arguing with pictures": the Aiken/Howard Uncle Tom's cabin -- "A play to which no apologist for slavery could object": the Conway/Kimball/Barnum Uncle Tom's cabin -- "O' it was a sight worth seeing": Uncle Tom hits the road -- Long live Uncle Tom! Uncle Tom's cabin in the twentieth century -- Uncle Tom in middle age: from a stage tradition to the silver screen -- Epilogue: the story that won't stay dead.