Read the excerpt from harriet beecher stowe's uncle tom's cabin, and then answer the question. "on the shores of our free states are emerging the poor, shattered, broken remnants of and women, escaped, by miraculous providences, from the surges of in knowledge, and, in many cases, infirm in moral constitution, from a system which confounds and confuses every principle of christianity and morality." what is the author's intent in this excerpt? a. to question christian doctrine b. to reveal the slaves' lack of education c. to expose the horrors of southern slavery d. to portray the slaves as a confused people