Henson, Stowe and Baldwin on Uncle Tom's Cabin

The autobiography written by Josiah Henson was an inspiration for Stowe for Writing Uncle Tom's Cabin. Uncle Tom's Cabin caused a lot of controvesy because of the racial differences of black slaves. James Baldwin had a negative outlook on the book saying that it did not do a accurate representation of African American slaves.
Henson's book was an autobiography of his life and his struggle as a slave, and from reading Uncle Tom's Cabin I see some of the elements in Henson's book that were in Uncle Tom's Cabin such as, the importance of family, and freedom. In Uncle Tom's Cabin we see a mother's love for her son, and how she will do anything so they won't be seperated from another. Bladwin took a stab at the the dark and the lighter skinned slave saying that the lighter skin slaves were percieved as strong, and the darker slaves seemed almost powerless.