the book has been translated into almost every language. for example, it was translated into chinese. its translator lin shu made this the first chinese translation of an american novel. it was also translated into amharic. its 1930 translation was made to help ethiopia end the suffering of blacks in that nation. the book was read by so many people that sigmund freud believed that some of his patients had been influenced by reading about the whipping of slaves in "uncle tom's cabin".