Complex sentence: Also called plantation literature, these writings were generally written by authors from the Southern United States and took a pro-slavery viewpoint, arguing that the evils of slavery as depicted in Stowe's book were overblown and incorrect.
Split into simpler sentences: Also called plantation literature, these writings were generally written by authors from the Southern United States. Books in the genre attempted to show that slavery was either beneficial to African Americans or that the evils of slavery as depicted in Stowe's book were overblown and incorrect.