Compare the exhibition on slavery at the New-York Historical Society with the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

The exhibition at the New-York Historical Society includes 25 different early editions of the novel, abolitionist pamphlets, proslavery books, six sculptural figure groups depicting scenes from the book and six crayon studies titled The End of Uncle Tom and the Grand Allegorical Tableau of Eva in Heaven (1995). From the very beginning, 150 years ago, Uncle Tom's Cabin has has evolved from an early abolitionist touchstone to a controversial source of racist stereotypes and more. The New-York Historical …

…posters was a different and interesting perspective on things. People will continue to criticize Stowe's novel and her portrayal of the characters, especially Uncle Tom, perhaps as being to dramatic or an inaccurately portrayal of the blacks in that time period. However, there is one thing that is certain. Stowe got her message across, and 150 years later her novel still retains its original purpose to educate society about the horrors of slavery in our history.