"uncle tom's cabin" also interested many people in england. the first london edition came out in may 1852. it sold 200,000 copies. some of this interest was because at that time the british people did not like the united states. a writer said, "the evil passions which 'uncle tom' gratified in england were not hatred or vengeance [of slavery], but national jealousy and national vanity. we have long been smarting (hurting) under the conceit of america – we are tired of hearing her boast that she is the freest and the most enlightened country that the world has ever seen. our clergy hate her voluntary system – our tories hate her democrats – our whigs hate her ... all parties hailed mrs. stowe as a revolter from the enemy." charles francis adams, the american minister to britain during the war, said later that, ""uncle tom's cabin"; or "life among the lowly", published in 1852, influenced the world more quickly, powerfully, and dramatically than any other book ever printed."