What social and moral beliefs held by Harriet Beecher Stowe emerge in the novel, in her treatment of the characters, the settings, and the disparity between the lives of the various whites and blacks?
Discuss the contention that Uncle Tom's Cabin has an "outdated thesis-the evil of slavery"-but it continues to appeal to readers because it "has a universal theme-the power of love."
It is a common complaint that the characters of Uncle Tom's Cabin are stereotypes, wholly good or wholly evil, and that such characterization was deliberately used as a means of increasing the novel's force as propaganda. Do all the characters appear as stereotypes?