Navigating Morality in Harriet Beecher Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin

Name Instructor Course Date Uncle Tom’s Cabin Introduction “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is an interesting and influential novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe first published in 1852. The novel played a significant role in abolitionist movement being an anti-slavery narrative that depicted the harsh realities of slavery in United States. While following the life of Uncle Tom, a devout kind hearted African American slave, the narration revealed the tensions between the North and South laying substantial ground for the Civil War. The novel features a wide range of characters, enslaved and slave-owners allowing the narrator to portray complexities and moral dilemmas regarding the institution of slavery. As portrayed in the novel, Uncle Tom’s character remains defined with dignity and humanity challenging racial stereotypes of the time. In general, the narration had strong impact on the American culture in that it revealed the positive and negative view of slavery as witnessed from the North and the South. While there is no specific chapter where narrator explicitly makes defined efforts to control access to the story as one may find in other literary works, Stowe writes th