All of the following statements about Uncle Tom's Cabin are true EXCEPT:
a. by the time of the Civil War, it had sold more copies than any work of Ameri-can fiction ever.
b. northern blacks embraced the work as beneficial to aiding the plight of blacks.
c. it emphasized Christian values as being opposed to the institution of slavery.
d. all of the novel's antagonists were white southerners who personified evil.