In the book, Stowe discusses each of the major characters in Uncle Tom's Cabin and cites "real life equivalents" to them while also mounting a more "aggressive attack on slavery in the South than the novel itself had."
在这本书中，斯托详述了《汤姆叔叔的小屋》中的每一位主角，提到了他们在“现实生活中的原型”，并同时对南方的奴隶制度进行了“比小说中更为凌厉的攻击”。