▁har ml ess , ▁long - s uffer ing , ▁and ▁forg iving ? ▁Are ▁there ▁two ▁Christ s ? ▁ ▁James ▁W eld on ▁Johnson , ▁a ▁prominent ▁figure ▁of ▁the ▁Har lem ▁Renaissance , ▁express es ▁an ▁ ▁ant ip ath etic ▁opinion ▁in ▁his ▁aut obi ography : ▁ ▁For ▁my ▁part , ▁I ▁was ▁never ▁an ▁adm ir er ▁of ▁Uncle ▁Tom , ▁nor ▁of ▁his ▁type ▁of ▁good ness ; ▁but ▁I ▁believe ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁lots ▁of ▁old ▁Neg ro es ▁as ▁fool ish ly ▁good ▁as ▁he . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁American ▁writer ▁James ▁Bald win ▁rejected ▁the ▁em as cul ation ▁of ▁the ▁title ▁character ▁" ro bb ed ▁of ▁his ▁human ity ▁and ▁div ested ▁of ▁his ▁sex " ▁as ▁the ▁price ▁of ▁spiritual ▁salv ation ▁for ▁a ▁dark - sk inned ▁man ▁in ▁a ▁fiction ▁whose ▁African - American ▁characters , ▁in ▁Bald win ' s ▁view , ▁were ▁invari ably ▁two ▁dimensional ▁s tere ot ypes . ▁To ▁Bald win , ▁St owe ▁was ▁closer ▁to ▁a ▁pam ph lete er ▁than ▁a ▁novel ist ▁and ▁her ▁art istic ▁vision ▁was ▁fat ally ▁mar red ▁by ▁po lem ics ▁and ▁rac ism ▁that ▁manif ested ▁especially ▁in ▁her ▁handling ▁of ▁the ▁title ▁character . ▁St owe ▁had ▁stated ▁that ▁her ▁sons ▁had ▁we pt ▁when ▁she ▁first ▁read ▁them ▁the ▁scene ▁of ▁Uncle ▁Tom ' s ▁death , ▁but ▁after ▁Bald win ' s ▁ess ay ▁it