▁entrance ▁mounted ▁ast ride ▁a ▁p ig . ▁ ▁D il uting ▁the ▁message ▁of ▁St owe ' s ▁book ▁▁ ▁" Tom ▁shows " ▁were ▁so ▁popular ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁even ▁pro - s la very ▁versions . ▁Among ▁the ▁most ▁popular ▁was ▁Uncle ▁Tom ' s ▁Cab in ▁as ▁It ▁Is : ▁The ▁Southern ▁Uncle ▁Tom , ▁produced ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 2 ▁at ▁the ▁Baltimore ▁Museum . ▁L ott ▁mentions ▁numerous ▁" off sh o ots , ▁par od ies , ▁the ft s , ▁and ▁re but t als " ▁including ▁a ▁full - scale ▁play ▁by ▁Christ y ' s ▁M inst rel s ▁and ▁a ▁par ody ▁by ▁Con way ▁himself ▁called ▁Uncle ▁Pat ' s ▁Cab in , ▁and ▁records ▁that ▁the ▁story ▁in ▁its ▁many ▁variants ▁" domin ated ▁northern ▁popular ▁culture … ▁for ▁several ▁years ". ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Eric ▁L ott , ▁even ▁those ▁" Tom ▁shows " ▁which ▁stayed ▁relatively ▁close ▁to ▁St owe ' s ▁novel ▁played ▁down ▁the ▁femin ist ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁and ▁St owe ' s ▁critic isms ▁of ▁capital ism , ▁and ▁turned ▁her ▁anti - s la very ▁politics ▁into ▁anti - S ou thern ▁section al ism . ▁Francis ▁Under wood , ▁a ▁contemporary , ▁wrote ▁that ▁A iken ' s ▁play ▁had ▁also ▁lost ▁the ▁" light ness ▁and ▁gay ety " ▁of ▁St owe ' s ▁book . ▁Non eth eless , ▁L ott ▁arg ues , ▁the ▁plays ▁increased ▁sympathy