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Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this novel during the time of the debates that lead
to the Civil War and near the time of the Compromise of 1850. The book provides
a defiant protest against the social and political conditions of that era. The
division between the northern industrial states and the southern agrarian states
was very prominent and apparent. There was fierce competition between them.
This lead to differing viewpoints about slavery. The competition helped the
South justify it and gave the North reason to denounce it. Information like
this is not provided by the author because her target audience at the time she
wrote the story was living through these conflicts. To make up for this, I
would suggest that before reading this work you have at least a minimal
knowledge of the aspects of slavery and its geographical distribution in early
America. Also, it is important to have basic understanding of the Christian
faith and its two major kinds of believers......

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