This eBook edition has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. “American Slavery As It Is” is a book composed of first-hand accounts of slavery and its horrors. The work focuses on the afflictions that slaves faced, covering their diet, clothing, housing, and working conditions. Harriet Beecher Stowe used “American Slavery As It Is” as the direct inspiration for her novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
