Sentimental Novel?

Uncle Tom's Cabin is definitely a sentimental novel, in my eyes. Even by reading the first couple chapters, there words were tugging at my heart. By reading about the painful experiences of the slaves, it can form a catharsis of some kind. A gratefulness for one's own state, or maybe even a reliability in some way can create sentimental feelings. This novel was written in a way to show the sinfulness of slavery, and it created an up rise because of the feelings it stirred from the readers. This "marketing strategy" worked, but it speaks of real-life situations that needed, and still need to, be addressed and stopped. One might take the novel as too dramatically written. If one does think that, they should step into the shoes of a past slave, and see if the novel related. I think they would be surprised at the painful lives some have lived.