Dehumanization Of The Societal Standards In Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom’s Cabin Societal Standards In 1852, at the time of publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin slavery is in full swing and the dehumanization of African Americans is a daily occurrence. The book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe presents a powerful case against the institution of slavery through the strategic use of moving anecdotes. The author strongly highlights the injustices of slavery and prejudice using the equally powerful effects religion produces in both African Americans and Caucasians. Foremost in the novel, the author implements evidence of slavery in her society to provoke the reader to open their mind and heart to the struggle of the American slave. Many slaves were not complacent with being enslaved their whole lives. One such character is a slave named George. George’s family educated him, which causes him to feel outraged by his forced servitude. George declares to his wife, Eliza, “‘My master! and who made him my master? That’s what I think of -what right has he to me? I’m a man such as he is. I’m a better man than he is.’” (Stowe 11). George cannot abide by his set lot in life. He wants to

Not only did she make the reader understand and experience the hardships of the slaves, but her way of writing would profoundly affect almost any reader. Her writing appeals to women and their love of their families, it contained within it enough logic to surmount the frugal businessman 's qualms, and it does all this through three key standards. The author first needs to set up a series of heartbreaking and true scenarios which depict the brutality of slavery. She suggests the general attitudes of Northerners and Southerners are wrong, and women, who would most like to help, possess no real power to make change. She then uses religion to reach all her audiences in order that they can put themselves in the shoes of the slaves and begin to treat them like