Few things in life are more powerful than words. Spoken or written effectively at the right time, words can have the power of a hurricane in people's minds. It often happens that words are underestimated; however, over the years, powerful literature has led humans in a certain direction. The most encouraging book in the history of the United States of America is “Uncle Tom's Cabin” which somehow set the stage for the Civil War which led to the abolition of slavery. When President Abraham Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of this powerful piece of literature, he declared, “So this is the little lady who started this Great War.” Stowe's portfolio includes other literary works such as: Agnes of Sorrento, The Pearl of Orr's Island, The Chimney Corner, The American Woman's Home, and We and Our Neighbors. Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slavery novel published in 1852 with the intention of projecting the evils of slavery through its characters. Uncle Tom is a faithful, honest Christian slave who was sold to pay off his master's debts. Eliza is Mrs. Shelby's personal slave and maid who decided to flee to the North after discovering that her son Harry was sold with Uncle Tom to Mr. Haley is introduced in the play when Uncle Tom saved her from drowning. After that she begs her father to buy Uncle Tom who later spends most of his time with her a slave owner who not only tries to demoralize Uncle Tom and break his belief but also represents the antagonist who projects evils like abandon his sick mother and sexually exploit Cassy. Other characters include Mr. Shelby, a kindly slave owner and Tom's master in Kentucky. Mrs. Shelby represents the religious and kind woman and the wife of that... middle of paper... enraged them to change their lives for the better. Although St. Clare had promised to emancipate Toms, his wife disobeyed her vows after his death and sold Tom to Simon Legree. The extreme physical abuse and cruelty almost leads Tom to reject his beliefs; however, he had two visions of Jesus and Eve that renewed his Christian faith. At the end of this third part the two men who killed Tom have become Christians. The final part of the book showed how Cassy and Emmeline managed to escape, reaching Liberia, after traveling to Canada and France. George Shelby returned to Kentucky and freed all his slaves by encouraging them to become Christians and thank Uncle Tom for their freedom. Uncle Tom's Cabin was a truly important part of American literature and history that reflected the inhumane condition of the slave and the will of men to be better people through Christianity.