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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46787.Uncle_Tom_s_Cabin?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Uncle Tom's Cabin" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343506m/46787.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46787.Uncle_Tom_s_Cabin?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Uncle Tom's Cabin</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/26242.Harriet_Beecher_Stowe">Harriet Beecher Stowe</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13880614?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 4 of 5 stars<br/>Once again Kori, my real estate agent, finds a treasure. No we’re not talking about houses but she has given me some of the better leads on books and Uncle Tom’s Cabin surprised me with its story of slaves in Kentucky. <br/> <br/>I remember reading in school how Uncle Tom’s Cabin cause quite a stir back in its day but never quite understood who Uncle Tom was. Uncle Tom was a slave in Kentucky (where supposedly slaves were treated better?) whose master was forced to sell him for the good of the plantation. Tom was basically the right hand man and had a head for business. Furthermore, Tom knew he was to be sold and decided to be sold for the good of the plantation. <br/> <br/>He had the strength and resourcefulness to run away. Was he an idiot to be sold to another Master? Surprisingly, little of the story is focused on the decision but we get to see what kind of man is as the story continues. The story follows him as he moves south changing masters and learning more to trust the Lord. <br/> <br/>In contrast, there was another slave to be sold with Tom - a young boy. His mother upon hearing this took off in the middle of the night with her son. With the help of some Quakers, she avoids a gang of slave hunters and attempts to find her way to Canada. She was to meet her husband there (yes both of them were slaves). <br/> <br/>Her husband, George, like Tom, was resourceful and had a head for business. He developed some new method for processing hemp. His master however determined to not let a Negro have pride and immediately pressed George into doing the most menial and degrading services instead. An indignant George runs away. <br/> <br/>The stories in the book are based loosely on true stories that Harriet Beecher Stowe heard in her day. Thankfully, there were no scenes of whipping like “Temptation of Christ” …. Yes, they were there but were mercifully lacking in description. There were lost of almost philosophical debates about slavery between characters. The characters pro-slavery were rather one dimensional to me. Harriet does attempt to appear objective but eventually pulls the reader to see the injustices of slavery. <br/> <br/>Book was long but mostly easily to read. There are a lot of characters so one might consider taking notes. I really expected to read more monologues about the injustices of slavery filled with stock characters to speak the lines. <br/> <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/677724?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>