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An Analysis Of Uncle Tom's Cabin, By Harriet Stowe

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Uncle Tom's Cabin During the time of slavery, if you were a slave there wasn’t much you could look forward to in life. Being owned by a slave owner meant that you were their property, and in the the novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, by Harriet Stowe, you get a closer representation of what life was like for a slave who lived on a plantation. In the novel you meet Uncle Tom, a man of religion who wants the best for his people and goes a long way to get what he believed in. What I learned from reading “Uncle Tom's Cabin” is that it symbolizes quite a few themes, that to me, would have been considered important aspects of life for slaves during that time such as: freedom, religion, and unity. Freedom during the 19th …show more content…

Living conditions for said slaves were poor, as seen throughout the different plantations visited in the novel. In fact, I found research that proves some of these said living conditions slaves had to put up with, “"Some had partitions, while others had none. When there were no partitions each family would fit up its own part as it could; sometimes they got old boards and nailed them up, stuffing the cracks with rags; when they could not get boards they hung up old clothes.”(Spartacus). Living conditions were not great for slaves, and this can been seen in the book, on the Shelby’s Plantation. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, located on the Shelby plantation, is a symbol of freedom for slaves in this time. As the book goes on, Uncle Tom is moved from

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