Uncle Toms Cabin Thesis

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Uncle Tom's Cabin: and Stowe's Depiction of Slavery in the Antebellum
Thesis Statement: Throughout the novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe reflects many different depictions of slavery and shows how the different opinions are influenced geographically which then inclined many African Americans to fight for their freedom and equality. In Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe demonstrated many different stereotypes of slavery in the Antebellum South. The novel is very well known for its depiction of cross racial reflections, interpretations, analyses, and critiques (Brown). Stowe displays how biased and oblivious most of the slave owners were towards their slaves. The novel is a great representation of how the whites characterized the slaves; which was basically as irrelevant beings. Many even show how they have no intention whatsoever to characterize slaves anywhere near themselves. Stowe writes
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Uncle Tom's Cabin does have a legacy of how Stow facilitated cross-racial reflections, interpretations, analyses, and critiques. The reactions Uncle Tom's Cabin has produced vary greatly. Assessments of Stowe's novel portrays that people in the Antebellum have many varied positions on slavery. It seems though, the most negativity towards Stowe's novel comes from the South. Many of the critiques were based on how Stowe made the life of slaves seem. Some even disarmed Harriet for her characterizations of slaves. Surprisingly, McCord, a critic of Stowe's novel, thought slavery was the South's most "charitable establishment" and she even defended it. All in all many people of the South thought Uncle Tom's Cabin did not potray how slaves really were and treated. Alabama was even caught burning shipments of Stowe's novel and Maryland went as far as jailing a free slave for just owning Uncle Tom's Cabin