An historical documentary that traces the history of Harriet Beecher Stowe's famous novel, " Uncle Tom's Cabin." Its development as a play in 1852 and its degradation of principal character, Uncle Tom. Through plays and movies in the thirties and forties that turned Tom into a baffoon, instead of the black Christ like figure, originally envisioned by Mrs, Stowe. Narrated by Rex Ellis, who also portrays Uncle Tom in dramatic segments
