After the democratic victory of the North over the slaveholding South, President Abraham Lincoln shook the hand of the writer Harriet Beecher Stowe with the words: «So, you are the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!» «Uncle Tom's cabin» had a huge impact on the culture and politics of that time. Its publication gave the abolitionist movement new strong impulse and helped to rebuild public opinion about institution of slavery in general. What does explain the phenomenal success of this piece of literature? The work shows a large number of problems in the slave society in this time to provide a complete picture of the slave’s life and the lives of their masters. Harriet Beecher Stowe tells us the story of negro slave …show more content…
Harriet Beecher Stowe does not write about the economic, political and social aspects of the slave system. The only subject of attention is the moral consciousness of slaves, slave owners and slave traders. The main thing here is the emotional intensity on the …show more content…
Also, they are indifferent to their own children and do not know about conjugal affection, so women can be seen as females who just bring posterity, and individual family members who can be sold to different owners. In her novel author shows on what threat can a black woman go for her baby (Eliza). The belief about the mental inferiority of black people, the writer also refuted by showing Sam, whose wisdom could do honor to any politician in Washington. However, Beecher Stowe did not idealize the slaves. After all, Uncle Tom became not only white’s people victim , but also black people, whose living conditions on plantations had turned them into loyal to their owners but evil to the other slaves. Stowe tried to bring to reader two immutable truths. First, that slavery is a definite sin that requires immediate repentance. Second, that this sin lies on the conscience of the entire