▁who ▁refused ▁to ▁obey ▁when ▁ordered ▁to ▁beat ▁other ▁slaves ; ▁the ▁stock ▁character ▁of ▁min st rel ▁shows ▁became ▁a ▁sh uff ling ▁a sex ual ▁individual ▁with ▁a ▁re ced ing ▁hair line ▁and ▁gray ing ▁hair . ▁ ▁To ▁Jo - An n ▁Morgan , ▁author ▁of ▁Uncle ▁Tom ' s ▁Cab in ▁as ▁Visual ▁Culture , ▁these ▁sh ifting ▁representations ▁und erm ined ▁the ▁sub vers ive ▁layers ▁of ▁St owe ' s ▁original ▁character ization ▁by ▁re def ining ▁Uncle ▁Tom ▁until ▁he ▁fit ▁within ▁prev ail ing ▁rac ist ▁norm s . ▁Part icular ly ▁after ▁the ▁Civil ▁War , ▁as ▁the ▁political ▁thrust ▁of ▁the ▁novel ▁which ▁had ▁arg u ably ▁helped ▁to ▁precip itate ▁that ▁war ▁became ▁ob sole te ▁to ▁actual ▁political ▁disc ourse , ▁popular ▁dep ict ions ▁of ▁the ▁title ▁character ▁rec ast ▁him ▁within ▁the ▁apolog et ics ▁of ▁the ▁Lost ▁C ause ▁of ▁the ▁Confeder acy . ▁The ▁vi rile ▁father ▁of ▁the ▁abol ition ist ▁serial ▁and ▁first ▁book ▁edition ▁deg ener ated ▁into ▁a ▁decre pit ▁old ▁man , ▁and ▁with ▁that ▁transformation ▁the ▁character ▁lost ▁the ▁capacity ▁for ▁resistance ▁that ▁had ▁originally ▁given ▁meaning ▁to ▁his ▁choices . ▁St owe ▁never ▁meant ▁Uncle ▁Tom ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁der ided ▁name , ▁but ▁the ▁term ▁as ▁a ▁pe jor ative ▁has ▁developed ▁based ▁on ▁how ▁later ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁character , ▁stri pped ▁of ▁his ▁strength , ▁were ▁dep icted ▁on ▁stage . ▁ ▁Cla ire ▁Par f