I’ll never understand why Uncle Tom is considered an insult.
Anyone that reads the book comes away from that experience with a deep understanding of Uncle Tom’s Christian nature and Godly soul.
I teach government at college. I’ve polled my classes and asked “who here has read ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’?” Nary a one says they read the book.
In fact, since I started asking that question, not a single Black person read (or admitted to have read) the book.
I read the book for the first time as it was assigned reading in my son’s classical Christian school. I was amazed at the heroic portrayal of Uncle Tom. Any one black or white should be proud to be compared to him.