Uncle Tom's Cabin

What feelings and emotions was Stowe trying to appeal to in her readers?

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Stowe was trying to convey feelings of pathos and empathy for the slaves. She also wanted to convey a sense of shame on the white population that inflicted such cruelty as well as the white population who stood by idly by while this was going on.

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