What are Harriet Beecher Stowes beliefs and biases on slavery?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Or, Life Among the Lowly By Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) Uncle Tom’s Cabin was one of the most widely read books in the world in the 19th Century even though its writing abounded in sentimentality, clichés, and preachments. But the masses in the northern U.S. and in many foreign countries embraced its melodrama, as well as its timely message, and used the book to galvanize the anti-slavery movement in the 1850’s. The book thus became one of the causes of the American Civil War. Uncle Tom’s Cabin study guides contain a biography of Harriet Stowe, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. http://www.bookrags.com/notes/utc/ http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/uncletom/ http://www.novelguide.com/uncletomsca