Does Harriet Beecher Stoowe Encourage The Abolition Of Slavery

Uncle Tom’s Cabin is an 19th century novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that is basically a canon of masterpieces that depict the cruelties of slavery throughout this time period. Stowe uses her novel to spread her opinions of slavery throughout the United States at this time while using typology to tie the whole problem of slavery into Christianity. Uncle Tom’s Cabin shows that a person’s attitude toward religion intertwines with attitude towards slavery. The story follows the characters of Uncle Tom, Eliza, Eva, the St. Clare’s, and

Through Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe communicates to readers that slavery is morally corrupt, by showing the wrong in slave owner's actions, the struggles and heartaches slaves were put through, and how faith and religion ultimately contradicted all that slavery encompassed.

The anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe was written at a time when slavery was a largely common practice among Americans. It not only helped lay the foundation for the Civil War but also contained many themes that publicized the evil of slavery to all people. The book contains themes such as the moral power of women, human right, and many more. The most important theme Stowe attempts to portray to readers is the incompatibility of slavery and Christianity. She makes it very clear that she does not believe slavery and Christianity can coexist and that slavery is against all Christian morals. She believes no Christian should allow the existence or practice of slavery.

Her father, who intends to free Tom, also dies before he can free Tom. Eva’s crazy mother takes over the plantation, and sells Tom. Tom ends up in the hands of the villainous Simon Legree. He treats his slaves like maggots below the dirt. Tom, with his standing Christian morals, does nothing to retaliate. Legree is Tom’s final master because Legree will end Tom’s life. Tom dies a poignant death with his old master’s son, George Shelby, at his side.

But I do not agree with this. I feel that Stowe was just trying to spread awareness and let people know the extreme experiences that slaves were actually put through. I feel that this is very different then promoting racial stereotypes. In a way I feel like this is challenging them more because it is more real and honest. This novel says it how it was there was no sugar coating whatsoever. This to me was a great approach because it was better at spreading awareness of what all those people actually went through.

Harriet Beecher Stowe is one of the most influential writers from the 19th century. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” brings up many ideals about history and culture. Stowe supports ideals of American exceptionalism such as slavery, christianity, and equality through earlier periods in American history. American identity has been created and explored in literature ranging from the days of the conquistadores and the early settlers to the middle of the nineteenth century. White Americans have had greater opportunities than anyone else since the beginning of time. This may seem racist, but it is the truth. In “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” the slave owners were all white. The slaves were African American. African-Americans weren’t allowed to own property, have their

Stowe spoke out for the slaves in several of her writings. She believed the sin of slavery to be the denial of humanity to man. As such, the argument in one of her novels began: "if the Negro is a man, what possible excuse can there be for denying him liberty and equality?" (Adams 67). Also, in Biographical Sketch of The

Stowe presents slavery in the only way she knows how, by using the facts. Several sources of other works in American literature contrast on to how Stowe presents slavery in her novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin." The elements of slavery are driven through the reflections of theme, characterization, and setting to show that the way slavery is presented is not contradicting.

Tom was being beaten by Legree because he wanted Tom to reveal about another fellow slave escape, but Tom expresses that even if Legree was dying he would try to save him. This quote illustrates the oppression by Simon Legree on Uncle Tom as he beats him up but Tom still will hold his pledge to his master and will do anything for him, even though Tom never did any wrong to deserve the beating at the first place. The cruelty and oppression by Legree ultimately led to the death of Uncle Tom. At Tom’s grave, the son of Arthur Shelby (Tom’s first owner), George Shelby makes a promise,

     Published in the early 1850’s, Uncle Tom’s Cabin had a huge impact on our nation and contributed to the tension over slavery. It was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, a woman who was involved in religious and feminist causes. Stowe’s influence on the northern states was remarkable. Her fictional novel about slave life of her current time has been thought to be one of the main things that led up to the Civil War. The purpose of writing it, as is often said, was to expose the evils of slavery to the North where many were unaware of just what went on in the rest of the country. The book was remarkably successful and sold 300,000 copies by the end of its first year. It is even rumored that

Stowe clearly had a passionate view about slavery. She used her book to express that view. She clearly believes that being a christian and supporting enslavement is wrong. She believes that enslaved african americans deserve a better life and that christianity is the way to abolish slavery.

Have you ever wanted to video the way someone is acting then a week or so later play them the video so they can see how much of jerk they are? Throughout Uncle Tom’s Cabin that is what Harriet Beecher Stowe is doing. Every single character represents all kinds of people during the time of slavery; each character either shows us how we should act or how we should not act. Even the people who are not normally seen as a “bad” person is portrayed in a way that shows people that even if you think you are not doing anything wrong, since it is legal, you are still corrupt. Not only does this book show us how slaves were treated, it shows us how people act and the different ways it affects everything and makes us aware of who we really are.

As a southerner that actually lives where slavery takes place and has experience, this book is inaccurate and definitely blows things out of proportion. How can someone from the north that is not around slavery write a whole book about a story on slaves and how inhumanely they were treated if she has never even experienced slavery. Stowe was exposed to the public face of slavery but not the real face of slavery, therefore she has no idea about the truth, just the

As many people say history was written by the victors, we need to remember there would be no victors without the struggle and turmoil of those that lost. This is what Harriet Beecher Stowe’s compelling novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin has taught us in regards to the war on slavery. In the midst of the 1800’s, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote her best-selling novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, to address the various issues regarding race during this century. Throughout her novel, readers learn the lives of slaves, slave masters, and their families, which leads to the understanding of a unique lifestyle among the characters. As her novel is important in today’s society, it made an even greater impact during the nineteenth century as it portrays the ideology of the Civil War and the abolitionists.

Stowe uses her platform to show these political arguments by humanizing the characters and uses pathos to get the reader emotionally involved. She uses positive religious figures to go against slavery to get her idea across. Uncle Tom, a slave, is a devout Christian and through many trials and tribulations, he never loses his faith. He often gets put in positions that instead of questioning God, he trusts in him even more, an example of this is when Legree tries to turn him against God. Also as Uncle Tom is dying, he tells the men that he forgives them. He never loses his faith even on his last dying breath. Mrs. Shelby, a Christian woman, too thought that slavery goes against the love of the Lord: “Abolitionist! If they knew all I know about slavery, they might talk! We don’t need them to tell us; you know I