Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin is one of the most significant fictional sources on slavery in the nineteenth century. The book serves as an account of slaves’ hardships as well as the way white people treated them and slavery in general. The author’s central thesis is that a person can never feel he/she has a right to treat people as slaves. The author stresses that slavery is immoral and cannot exist in the Christian world with its principles of freedom, equality, brotherhood and compassion. One of the characters of the book talking about Christianity emphasizes I think no man can consistently profess it without throwing the whole weight of his being against this monstrous system of injustice that lies at the foundation of all our society… I confess that the apathy of religious people on this subject… filled me with horror. (Stowe 266) Of course, the author tries to draw people’s attention to the wrongs of the society which declares equality and Christian values but keeps selling people and treating them in an inhumane way. The book provides insights into slaves’ and slaveholders’ lives and serves as an eye-opening account for those who try to be righteous Christians and want to make a difference. It is necessary to note that the book is a piece of fictional writing and it is aimed at evoking readers’ emotions and make them think about the society and its cruelties. Clearly, such source does not require reference to specific statistical data as it is not a research of the issue as it is an account about different people and their attitudes and experiences. However, the author did not make up all the facts and characters. She based her story on real people’s accounts. First of all, Stowe used the stories told by former slaves in their books. She also had a number of interviews with different people and those true stories and memories were reflected in her famous book. It is possible to state that this kind of methodology is efficient for the book. A novel does not need dry numbers or percentage. However, any novel wins from the use of true stories as these fats make the book more relevant. Readers understand that lots of events depicted in the book are not figments of imagination but things which actually took place. The use of real stories makes the novel more evocative and leads to a heated debate among readers. It is necessary to note that the author’s ideas revealed in the book show that she is an ardent supporter of slavery abolitionists. She depicts people involved in selling and hunting for slaves as immoral and disgraceful people. She also expresses her abolitionist views with the help of characters who try to fight against the societal norms and who are often rightful Christians and deserving people. Importantly, even when it seems that the author simply puts words into her character’s mouth, it is clear that she disapproves what is being told. This disapproval is decoded with the help of certain key words. For instance, the author is against hunting and making slaves return to their cruel masters. One of such cruel hunters says, So they mustered out a party of some six or seven, with guns and dogs, for the hunt. People, you know, can get up just as much enthusiasm in hunting a man as a deer, if is only customary; in fact, I got little excited myself. (Stowe 199) Clearly, cruelt