often contrasted them with the miserable existences of Northern white workers. The Impact of the Novel on the South was also immense. Southerners were outraged, and declared the work to be criminal, slanderous, and utterly false. A bookseller in Mobile, Alabama, was forced out of town for selling copies. Stowe received threatening letters and a package containing the dismembered ear of a black person. At the time the book was written, most slaveholders and owners thought that all slaves would lie and steal unless they were beaten and kept under strict supervision. Stowe attempted to disclaim this acertation throughout the novel. In chapter seven, we see through Elizas eyes, just how painful and heart wrenching her personnel sacrifices are to her. Images created such as slaves caring and being, good honest people was deliberate to cause more controversy and to perhaps sway the opinions of Southerners who were perhaps leaning towards the Northern approach. Whether Stowe achieved this is somewhat immeasurable however it is fair to say that North South divide bordering states perhaps saw more discord than others states.Quote from Chapter seven of Uncle Toms Cabin as detailed above ;Most white Southerners denounced the book as an inaccurate and unfair portrayal of their peculiar institutionThe impact on the black population was that most black-Americans reacted enthusiastically to Uncle Toms Cabin. Frederick Douglas was a friend of Stowes; she had consulted him on some sections of the book, and he praised the novel many times in his own publications. Most black abolitionists felt similar to white abolitionists, after-all they were fighting for the same cause and most saw it as a tremendous help to their cause which of course in hinds-sight we can see as morally right.In terms of impacts on slaves, most were illiterate and therefore would not have been able to read the novel but would certainly have noticed the impact on the white American so...
