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A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts the depiction of slaves, slavery, and race relations in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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stood as two works that speak of the struggles of slaves in American history. They are stories that ensure the reader, to some extent, see something of the history of
slavery. However, they are two stories that were clearly written from different perspectives, and with different intentions, regarding the issue of slaves, slavery and race relations. The following paper examines
each story separately and then compares and contrasts the two in relationship to the theme of slaves, slavery and race relations. Uncle Toms Cabin In understanding Stowes work
as it relates to issues of slavery and race relations it is imperative to have a knowledge of her focus and intent in writing the novel. Stowe, a white
woman, was not considered to be an active abolitionist at the time but "She had grown up in an abolitionist household and had harbored fugitive slaves. She had also spent
time observing slavery first-hand on visits to Kentucky, across the river from her Cincinnati home" (PBS). However, when the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 passed she chose to write a
novel and make a powerful statement about slaves, slavery and race relations (PBS). Her novel was intentionally written as a comment against
the institution of slavery and as such the focus is on slaves, slavery and race relations. That is the theme of the work overall. It is a story about Uncle
Tom who is a man that is determined to remain true to his people and will even put his life on the line to keep them safe. "His firm Christian
principles in the face of his brutal treatment made him a hero to whites...Stowe convinced readers that the institution of slavery itself was evil, because it supported people like Legree
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