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1. Sentimental novel: a novel based on a biased opinion that expresses emotion as more important than reason • Sensational literature: popular fiction about a shocking, maybe sinful subject matter in an ordinary setting • How does Uncle Tom’s Cabin fit both of these definitions? • On a typical American plantation, Tom’s wife, Chloe, commits adultery and works as a prostitute to earn money to get her husband (who was sold as a slave) back. It’s sinful and twisted, but it shows her love for Tom which makes the reader feel like her prostitution is redeemable in a way.

2. Tom’s first owner was attentive to his devotion, faith, and patience. He was about to give his slaves their freedom but died before he had the chance. He embodied an anti-abolitionist view because he allowed Tom, a black man, to intermingle with the whites. The anti-abolitionist magazine contains images of blacks and whites intermingling. Tom’s second owner is a true abolitionist because he dehumanizes his slaves, demoting Tom to a field hand. When two of his slave girls run away and Tom refuses to share their location, the owner beats Tom to death, asserting his idea that whites are the supreme race. The abolition magazine contains images that demonstrate whites being superior over blacks, selling them in exchange for animals or even brutally tanning them. The reader must take their own stance, having read both abolitionist and anti-abolitionist examples, on the issue. Godey’s Lady Book Anti-Abolitionist image