User blog comment:Macaco99/PE PROPOSAL: Simon Legree/@comment-4708902-20191217145225/@comment-1705775-20191218222014

the book is definitely a dividing thing but meant well, which is much more than can be said for novels made in response to it where they tried to glorify slavery as a *good* thing.. just remember that it was a time when even including a positive character who was also a slave was progressive, even if he was much more submissive than modern audiences are comfortable with.