Question

Which statement best describes the popularity of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is A. Uncle Tom's Cabin was most popular in the North.

Explanation:

Uncle Tom's Cabin is a novel by writer Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was published for the first time on March 20, 1852.  

The work has slavery as its central theme. It tells two parallel stories: the African American slave of the house and the African American slave of the field. The first, Uncle Tom, complacent and obedient, unable to imagine a future outside the plantation; the second, willing to do everything to achieve his freedom and that of his family.

In Uncle Tom's Cabin a unique theme predominates: the evil and the immorality of slavery. Stowe brings to light her struggle against the immorality of slavery in almost every page of the novel, sometimes even changing the course of history to be able to give a "sermon" on the destructive nature of slavery. One of the ways in which Stowe showed the evil of slavery is how this "peculiar institution" forced the separation of families.

Due to its thematic and its clearly abolitionist position, the book did not have positive appraisals in the south. On the contrary, it was quite an event in the north, where it was the best-selling book.

Answer 2

A) Uncle Tom’s Cabin was most popular in the North.