Published during the mid 1800’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a controversial book among both Northerners and Southerners due to it’s anti-slavery issues, but it also provided a point for slavery. 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 argument that slave
The south on the other hand took this book as fibs, the slave trade they also felt was somewhat heartless, but this was the only way of life that these people knew. Many people did not even realize that the institution of slavery is wrong, because they were raised being taught that that’s why African American people were put here on earth. The south’s economy was dependent on slaves, without slaves who would pick all the cotton and plant all the tobacco. If the north would force the south to put an end to all slavery, then the south would be forced to succeed, because they would have to save their economy. The south also felt that the north was violating the rights of the southern states, they said that the constitution guaranteed the south the right to hold slaves as they saw fit.
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