Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin, also called Life Among the Lowly, was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It is a realistic, although fictional view of slavery. The main characters in this story are Uncle Tom, Eliza and George Harris. Uncle Tom is a pious, trustworthy, slave. He never wrongs anyone and always obeys his master. A very spiritual person, Uncle Tom tries his best to obey the Bible and to do what is right. Eliza is a …

…met Stowe during the war and reportedly called her, "The little woman who wrote the book that started this great war."3 Even if it didn't cause the Civil War, this great American classic definitely popularized the abolitionist movement. 1"Uncle Tom's Cabin," Microsoft Encarta Africana, 1999 ed. Stowe's novel was insultingly exaggerated fiction. Ownership of the book was made illegal in the South. 2"Stowe, Harriet Beecher," Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia, 1998 ed. 3"Uncle Tom's Cabin," Microsoft Encarta Africana, 1999 ed.