USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The subtitle, that Stowe chose when she wrote the novel, explains one of the most important themes in Uncle Tom’s Cabin: the fact that slaves were considered and treated as objects and not as people.

Detailed explanation-2: -At one point, Eva appears to recover, but the episode proves only a deceptive lull in her decline. However, she continues to treat the slaves generously, telling Tom that she would die for the slaves of the South if it would alleviate their suffering.

Detailed explanation-3: -Inasmuch as Eva is a symbolic figure in the book, she serves as a figure for love and sacrifice. She is a Christ-figure (as John the Baptist in the New Testament foreshadows Jesus), for Eva’s giving of herself precedes and signals Tom’s giving of himself.

Detailed explanation-4: -A major theme in Uncle Tom’s Cabin is the problem of slavery and the treatment of humans as property, concepts that Stowe counterbalanced against the morality of Christianity. Stowe’s depiction of slavery in her novel was informed by her Christianity and by her immersion in abolitionist writings.