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    In Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Stowe writes to Northerners and Christians to provide a realistic picture of slavery deep in the South. Upon hearing of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 where it made the act of assisting a runaway slave illegal, Stowe realized that she needed to show Northerners and other readers the necessity of ending slavery by revealing the horrors of it (Ch. 45). Through meaningful character stories and passion, Harriet Stowe shows the source of the darkness of slavery while…

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    Uncle Tom’s Cabin, one of the most famous novel in the 19th century written by Harriet Stowe, has significant historical meaning in the American Civil War. Without flowery language, Stowe used the form of story, which everyone could certainly understand, to expose the evil of slavery. Slavery owners serve as important roles in Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Shelby, St. Clare and Legree are different slavery owners of Uncle Tom. Their unique characters help the to efficiently illustrate the crucial social…

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    various influential literature. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom's Cabin is one of the most influential books leading toward the final abolishment of slavery. Tom's journey from his initial sale into slavery shed light on the issue. Stowe was able to create a story that got into the minds of countless people and she was able to show them why slavery should be abolished. The public’s perceptions of slavery slowly changed after reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin; they began to realize that slavery…

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    constructed novel based on her knowledge of current slave issues; Stowes information was gathered from living in the southern part of Ohio and also with the help of former slaves. This vital information helped while writing one of her most famous novels, Uncle Tom 's Cabin. Harriet Beecher Stowe was born in June of 1811, to two loving and caring parents, Lyman Beecher and Roxana Foote. Harriet 's early years were spent in Litchfield, Connecticut;…

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    was during the time of slavery. In Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author’s intent was to communicate the evils of slavery by showing the feelings of slaves, how families felt being broken apart, and the different masters of Uncle Tom. Stowe was able to communicate the evils of slavery by showing feelings of the slaves throughout the book. One example of this was shown through the care they gave towards their masters and even the children. Uncle Tom had grown attached to a…

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    losing home. Literature pieces such as Uncle Tom’s Cabin explained the dark side of slavery. It presented the truth behind slavery and shared the horrid lives of slaves which evoked the feeling of hatred in anti-slavery supporters towards the Confederacy. This effect catalyzed by literature along with caning of Charles Sumner made the North believe that the Confederacy is brutal and savage. It made them believed that the Confederacy is…

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    In her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the author Harriet Beecher Stowe accurately showed her readership her reasoning for advocating for the abolition of slavery by illustrating the heartlessness of slaveowners, the immorality of slavery under Christianity, and the wrongful stereotyping of slaves in this time period. Stowe showed her readers a more intimate view on how horribly slaves were treated by illustrating how rude and absolutley heartless slaveowners could be. In this time period, even some…

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    understand how horrible slavery was and joined the abolitionist movement after reading the book; they wanted slavery outlawed throughout the United States. In 1853, several southerners claimed that Uncle Tom's Cabin was an effort of fiction meant to further abolition. To answer this, Harriet wrote, “A key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” compilation all of the sources she used to create the book. That book was meant to prove the southerners incorrect and further shock the government into ending slavery. …

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    In 1852, Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and provided an insight into how slaves were treated in the south. The shock of her novel was said to have kick-started the Civil War, and further the efforts of abolitionists to the emancipation of slaves in America. While some owners treated their slaves like family and gave them a good life, others worked their slaves to death and replaced them like old shoes. Arthur Shelby, Augustine St. Clare, and Simon Legree were all…

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    Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and the author of Uncle Toms Cabin, a book that disputes one of the most controversial issues of all time— slavery. Born into a family of theologians and preachers, Stowe grew up in Connecticut, and she had very little contact or knowledge on the reality of slavery in the South. Stowe was soon exposed to the severity in a city near Kentucky, which is where she began to see firsthand how poorly slaves were treated; and the more that was exposed…

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