How did the south feel about Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe?

Answer 1

The South had already felt increasingly under seige by abolitionist attacks on slavery. The fact that the novel recieved popular adulation and admiration in the North added to the South's increasing sense of alienation and intensified their efforts to defend slavery. Southerners claimed it was false and that the main character "Tom" was too christ-like to actually ever exist. Many pro-slavery advocates wrote books to try and counter what Uncle Tom's Cabin considered the realities of slavery. This book increased sectionalism and hatred between the North and South in the pre-civil war era.

Answer 2

The South generally viewed Uncle Tom's Cabin negatively, as they believed it misrepresented slavery and depicted them in a negative light. They saw the novel as abolitionist Propaganda that fueled anti-slavery sentiment in the North. The portrayal of slave owners and the cruelty of slavery in the book was met with strong resistance in the South.

Answer 3

The South scorned the novel. They were incredibly furious & they felt the story was exaggerated. They feared Congressmen would abolish slavery.
The South was against Uncle tom's cabin because they felt that what Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote was wrong about what slavery was about. Harriet wrote the cruelty of slavery, the South protested that they treat slaves better.

Answer 4

What is often overlooked about Uncle Tom's Cabin was that the author Harriet Beecher Stowe blamed slavery on the entire nation. She also disagreed with Frederick Douglas on the colonization of freed slaves.