[LibWhacker]

Correct. Uncle Tom got a bad rap. That's how crazy things were in the 60s -- and still are. IIRC, all he did was point out the pros and cons of running away to a woman who had little children to think about . . . And suddenly in the mind of black America he's some kind of big whitey-loving sellout. People couldn't be more wrong about that. IMO, he was one of the most noble characters in the book.

[Princeliberty]

That was part of the point of the book
he was more noble than the white Characters.

To depict a slave character in 1850s
as being more noble than his owners
in a book was really outraging to the
South. Esp. since the Slaveowners
not claimed to be superior to
slaves than claimed to be superior
to average working class southern.
And thus this was not only an attack
on slavery but the whole Southern
feudal class system(which still in part
remains today!)

Also, Uncle Tom was a character who
was in name a slave but his spirit was
not broken and he was not slave in spirit
due to the fact he was God's servant.

So it is also a timeless message about
what it means to be truely free.
And how many who do not have chains
on the arms have chains on their spirits.
We have a LOT OF PEOPLE in this nation
of all races today who are slaves in
their spirits!