This book was one of the first works of literature that provided the north with which they thought was an accurate look at the institution of slavery. It however was fairly accurate, taking into account that Harriet Beecher Stowe had never visited the south, she had only heard what slavery was like from second hand accounts from run away slaves, which gave the book a anti-slavery feel, it still gave the south the chance to make the argument that slaves were actually treated quite well because they were an investment that their masters took care of, it also helped abolitionists spread the argu...

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