jQuery is escaping my post data
<p>How can I prevent jQuery escaping my XML data? I use get the content from the a div (content is XML) but it escapes it when posting. This is the output:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>\n    \n\n    \n        123\n   \n</p>
</blockquote>

<pre><code>$(document).ready(function() {
    var data = $(".data").html();

    $.ajax({
        url: "",
        dataType: "text",
        type: "POST",
        async: false,   
        data: {
            xml: data
        },
        success: function(data) {
            console.log(data);
        },
        error: function(XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
            alert(errorThrown);
        }
    });
});
</code></pre>