Why Is Shakespeare Ultimately As Important As Uncle Tom's Cabin?

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Is Shakespeare ultimately as important as Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Article four of the Universal Declaration of human rights states ‘No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade 04 shall be prohibited in all their forms.’ However, this right is continually violated on an everyday basis.

Uncle Tom's Cabin is a novel, written by lecturer Harriet Beecher Stowe and published in 1852 - to explicate the brutality of slavery. The plot commences with the Shelby household struggling financially and their final resort is to sell the slaves, Uncle Tom and Harry. Neither Mr. nor Mrs Shelby wants to sell the slaves, for various reasons, however, they are auctioned. The best-seller follows their journey and the characters they meet