Review: Unwavering faith in the darkest hours of humanity
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 21, 2013
Harriet Beecher Stowe skillfully paints the picture of the brutality and injustice of the slave system. The reader follows multiple characters and explores their differing experiences as slaves and their plight for freedom. Some chapters are very painful to read because of the descriptions of unimaginable sufferings. Overall, I recommend this novel to learn more about the evils of slavery and how an unwavering faith in God can help one through the darkest hours. It is remarkable to note that Stowe wrote this novel at a time when slavery was still alive and well in the US to draw attention to the inhumane treatment of human beings, who were in some instances treated worse than animals. She also points out that regardless of the type of treatment slaves received, as property of man they were at the mercy of their owners with uncertain futures.