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Why was the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" written ?
Correct answer: D. as propaganda against slavery
- A. as a pro- slavery argument
- B. the author was a runaway slave
- C. as a view point from Canada
- D. as propaganda against slavery
Explanation
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin to expose the cruelty of slavery and influence public opinion against it. It is therefore regarded as an antislavery work, not a defence of slavery.
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