Very brief video of what Uncle Tom's Cabin was
Key Figures
Harriet Beecher Stowe: Author of novel, Teacher in Connecticut and an active abolitionist
Impact
*Brought anti-slavery support from Britain
*Novel that helped initiate the Civil War
*Anti-slavery feelings spiked in North
*Angry Rebuttals in South
*Showed that Blacks were human too
*Brought on deep emotional impact in readers and "humanized" African-Americans
*Started Civil Rights movements in 1960's
*Novel that helped initiate the Civil War
*Anti-slavery feelings spiked in North
*Angry Rebuttals in South
*Showed that Blacks were human too
*Brought on deep emotional impact in readers and "humanized" African-Americans
*Started Civil Rights movements in 1960's
Place in History
*Sold over 300,000 copies in the United States in the first year
*Sold over 1 million copies in Britain... Britain supported the anti-slavery cause in America
*3 years after release, called "the most popular novel of our day."
*Just before the Civil War
* Helped separate North and South more
*Sold over 1 million copies in Britain... Britain supported the anti-slavery cause in America
*3 years after release, called "the most popular novel of our day."
*Just before the Civil War
* Helped separate North and South more
Cause to Civil War
*Initiated anti-slavery feelings
*Many wanted an immediate end to slavery
*From hate of slavery to the need to abolish it
*Many wanted an immediate end to slavery
*From hate of slavery to the need to abolish it
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Aaron