Uncle Tom's Cabin is a deeply symbolic story depicting the lives of a group of black slaves in South America and the owners of slaves and the slave catchers who followed them throughout their lives. Author Harriet Beecher Stowe, a white woman, uses her gripping narrative to raise philosophical and moral questions about the implications of the institution of slavery in mid-19th century America. Her novel touches on the limits of the human spirit and the common human bond that unites all people, white, black, men and women. His work was designed and intended to shock and horrify readers with its blatant and vivid descriptions of the atrocities that black people endured during this period, both free and enslaved. His work was written after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which made aiding any fugitive slave a federal crime. Americans were aware of the presence of slavery in the country and the federal laws surrounding this institution, but did not fully understand the terrible truth behind the actual practice of slavery itself and its effects on life daily life of black people. While Uncle Tom's Cabin is a fictional narrative film, it was based on everyday events happening in America at the time. The main and most obvious theme of the novel is the evils and immorality of the entire institution of slavery. The novel features endearing and sympathetic characters who happen to be slaves. It also features sympathetic and kind white slave owners, such as the young girl Uncle Tom befriends, Eva, and her father, Augustine St. Clare. The novel depicts these slaves as human beings and not just property, endowed with human emotions and intelligence, a view rarely adopted of black people at that time, as they were considered paper shit... .. . had been thrust into the spotlight, but it also did so in such a shockingly realistic way that Americans couldn't help but take notice. Its themes and messages were clear and concise; slavery was an unnecessary evil and a stain on the moral values ​​of a self-proclaimed Christian nation. Stowe took never before used approaches to depicting the suffering endured by slaves, creating a sympathy for relatable human characters and families that embedded itself in all types of American consciousness. Americans would begin to doubt their own morality and the Christian way of life would be called into question like never before. Although a smaller theme, the notion of female strength and perseverance would contribute to the development of women's status in society. Works Cited Beecher Stowe, Harriet. Uncle Tom's Cabin: Life Among the Humble. Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852.