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. | American Slavery As It Is by Theodore Dwight Weld, Paperback | Indigo Chapters