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Race and racismNameInstitutional affiliationRace and racismUncle Tom’s CabinUncle Tom’s cabin is a classical book written in the early 1850s by Harriet Beecher Stowe, and is believed to have caused the American Civil war. The book highlights the dehumanizing condition of the black people before the abolition of slavery. Elisa, a loyal and hardworking black slave eavesdrops n a conversation between Mr. Shelby; her master and Mr. Harley; a slave trade. The duo are discussing about selling her son. Elisa and her husband escape overnight to Canada after the slave chasers failed to catch them. However, Tom is unwilling to escape because he is loyal to his master. Despite his kind heart, hard work and honesty, Tom is sold through a series or masters, and finally dies in his cabin, after being badly beaten by his last master Mr. Legree. Racial ideologies are used to divide people into groups. According to the author, human are classified into two groups; the slaves and free men. The free men are all whites and a few blacks who had either bought their freedom or been freed by their masters, while slaves were