Topic Sentence: Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, caused people to think about the horrors of slavery and become more involved in becoming abolitionists.
• Uncle Tom’s Cabin was read by people in Connecticut, meaning the book affected the population of Connecticut by awakening them to the realistic terrors of Slavery in the South.
• People in the North, (including Connecticut), became more aware of how awful slavery is because Uncle Tom’s Cabin articulated how the slaves are treated.
• People in the North took the novel as an awakening to slavery, whilst people in the South took the book as an attack on their lifestyle.
• Stowe’s book sold over 300,000 copies in the North, proving it was a large influence
• Uncle Tom’s Cabin says, “‘I won’t be taken Eliza, I’ll be free or die!’” (Stowe 16). This quote shows how the slaves would rather than be slaves and be treated poorly.
• Uncle Tom’s Cabin says, “‘A woman can’t give a warm supper and a bed to poor, starving creatures just because they are slaves, and have been abused and oppressed all their lives’” (Stowe 81).
