Question

Read the excerpt from Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, and then answer the question. "On the shores of our free states are emerging the poor, shattered, broken remnants of families,--men and women, escaped, by miraculous providences, from the surges of slavery,--feeble in knowledge, and, in many cases, infirm in moral constitution, from a system which confounds and confuses every principle of Christianity and morality." What is the author's intent in this excerpt? A. to question Christian doctrine B. to reveal the slaves' lack of education C. to expose the horrors of Southern slavery D. to portray the slaves as a confused people

Answer 1

The author's intent in this excerpt is C. to expose the horrors of Southern slavery.

In this excerpt, Beecher described the conditions which the slaves were in - families torn apart and poorly educated - and how their treatment goes against Christian values.