Book Review Uncle Tom S Cabin
Inside the cover of this old time favorite stowe easily takes readers inside the minds the slaves the slave owners and those with abolitionist like minds.
Book review uncle tom s cabin. Reviewed in the united states on february 14 2016. Tom s faith eventually leads to his death as legree chooses to accept evil as his guide and cannot bear tom s goodness. Allegedly credited by abraham lincoln as the book that started the civil war uncle tom s cabin sold 300 000 copies in its first year.
For some reason we didn t read this book in high school. 4 out of 5 stars to uncle tom s cabin written in 1852 by harriet beecher stowe. If you want a heart wrenching book that explores one of the greatest evils of humanity whilst still retaining a small piece of hope for change uncle tom s cabin is for you a n n i e 1 2 3 sun.
Stowe a graduate of a female seminary weaves together two themes both of which were very necessary in that time and one of them can be applied to. 7 5 out of 10 0. Possibly an excerpt or two was thrown in front of us but i honestly don t really remember reading it until freshman year of college.
The slaves sing hymns much to legree s distaste. These are just a few of the many references to christianity in the book.