ll as Uncle Tom's Cabin and none were written with the same passion except maybe Lady Byron Vindicated, which was a failure. She wrote for twenty years before another success, which was the novel Poganuc People in 1878. Stowe died in July 1896.
             Uncle Tom's Cabin as a piece of literature was written to expose the evils of slavery and to spur all Christians to do battle with Satan, or in this case, the institution of human beings as property. To pull the happy covering off the ugly core of slavery, Stowe employed the use of several characters from both sides of the issue. To get her point across she would villainize pro slavery people and make victims of slavery to be loveable and pious. To demonstrate this I will summarize the major characters in the book. Uncle Tom is a kind old slave who is still very strong. He is a devout Christian and loves all people, black or white, no matter what they do to him. He will even pray for the souls of his masters before he goes to bed. On the Shelby plantation he is a spiritual leader to the other slaves. He is a good friend and pupil to young George Shelby. He is married to Aunt Chloe, an amazing cook and good mother to Tom's three children. He later befriends Little Eva and her father Augustine St. Claire. When sold to Simon Legree, Tom refuses to hate and fear Simon and is beaten to death because he would not give up his soul to Simon. Mr. Arthur Shelby is Tom's original owner who favors Tom over any other slave. He is the epitome of a southern gentleman and is kind to his slaves. Do not let this fool you however, he still considers himself better than any black man. Arthur unfortunately has many debts and must sell slaves to overcome them. He sadly chooses Tom to sell. Eventually he is also forced to sell Harry the young son of Eliza. Mrs. Emily Shelby is the wife of Arthur and is not very strong willed. Since she was a child she thought slavery was wrong but was raised ...