Tom is the name of the slave in Uncle Toms Cabin.
Throughout the book Tom lives in mutliple living areas. but not the Same cabin
Uncle Tom died in 1830<s
It was a way to show that the author was against slavery and wanted to find a way to stop it... i think.
harriet Beecher stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe was the author and she wrote it because she disliked slavery and wanted to show the world what slavery was really like!