Anti-Tom Prefaces - Locked 12:00 PM 1. The writers make several arguments defending slavery. What are the main ones? (Religious arguments are the most obvious, but there are others, as well.) Concisely sketch out those arguments 2. What do they see as the danger from abolitionists, beyond abolishing slavery? What does this say about how they see themselves? 3. On what grounds do they attack Uncle Tom's Cabin? 4. It's easy to see the differences between the writers and Harriet Beecher Stowe/Uncle Tom's Cabin. However, they were of a broadly similar social class, grew up in the 19th century in the US, and at least one knew Stowe personally. What similarities are there between Stowe's attitudes and the writers'? Anti-Tom Prefaces - Locked 12:00 PM 1. The writers make several arguments defending slavery. What are the main ones? (Religious arguments are the most obvious, but there are others, as well.) Concisely sketch out those arguments 2. What do they see as the danger from abolitionists, beyond abolishing slavery? What does this say about how they see themselves? 3. On what grounds do they attack Uncle Tom's Cabin? 4. It's easy to see the differences between the writers and Harriet Beecher Stowe/Uncle Tom's Cabin. However, they were of a broadly similar social class, grew up in the 19th century in the US, and at least one knew Stowe personally. What similarities are there between Stowe's attitudes and the writers