"I've only to say the word!": Uncle Tom's Cabin and Performative Speech Theory Debra J. Rosenthal Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, Volume 27, Number 2, 2010, pp. 237-256 (Article) Published by University of Nebraska Press For additional information about this article Access Provided by John Carroll University at 09/13/11 6:12PM GMT http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/leg/summary/v027/27.2.rosenthal.html