Why did Harriet Beecher Stowe write Uncle Toms Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe was a fervent abolitionist and the novel Uncle Toms Cabin was an attempt to portray the very worst aspects of slavery. Her intent was to rouse public support for the abolitionist movement. At the time the novel was written most northerners were not to concerned with the issue of slavery and with a few exceptions were not strongly in favor of freeing the slaves in southern states.
