Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe was born June 14, 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut. She was the daughter of a Calvinist minister and she and her family was all devout Christians, her father being a preacher and her siblings following. Her Christian attitude much reflected her attitude towards slavery. She was for abolishing it, because it was, to her, a very unchristian and cruel institution. Her novel, therefore, focused on the ghastly points of slavery, including the whippings, beatings, and …

…Her book was influential because it not only told her ideas, but because it states her ideas understandably, something not all writers are able to do. There were few flaws in her book. Oddly, she seemed biased. If I were to change part of the book, I would have let Tom survive. I would have kept St. Clare alive long enough to set Tom free. Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin. New York: Bantam Books, 1981.