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Key Events in the History of Nova Scotia: 1852.
- Napoleon III became Emperor of France.
- Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) was published in book form on March 20, 1852, the novel soon sold out its complete print run. A number of other editions were soon printed. It was "a sentimental, melodramatic and tendentious account of slavery written by a woman whose personal knowledge of the subject had been gathered during a weekend in Kentucky. It was no more a true picture of the slave-owning South than ... But the book may be ranked with the Bible, the Koran, and Das Kapital in its profound effect on human emotions and actions."
- John Boyd, a school teacher, at Antigonish, brought out a weekly, The Casket. Half of the content was devoted to songs, stories, and editorials written in Gaelic.
- Acadia Iron Mining Incorporated by statute. There were a number of communities throughout Nova Scotia, through the years 1850s and 1860s, in which mining companies were incorporated by acts of the legislature.
- By an act of the legislature Cornwallis Steam Saw Mill and Manufacturing was incorporated
- An act Incorporating the Dartmouth Dry Dock Company
- An act Incorporating the Louisbourg Fishing Company
- Letters Patent granted to Thomas Robson for a "horizontal Windmill"
- Windsor Kerosene Gas Light Co. Incorporated by statute
- [Backward In Time (1851)]
[Forward In Time (1853)]- Napoleon III became Emperor of France.
