USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S., and is said to have “helped lay the groundwork for the [American] Civil War".

Detailed explanation-2: -Uncle Tom’s Cabin widened the chasm between the North and the South, greatly strengthened Northern abolitionism, and weakened British sympathy for the Southern cause.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Impact of Uncle Tom’s Cabin It made slavery personal and relatable instead of just some “peculiar institution” in the South. It also sparked outrage. In the North, the book stoked anti-slavery views.

Detailed explanation-4: -Although Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel had a huge impact on America, it did not start the Civil War. The novel did however capture the tension of a nation torn. Harriet Beecher Stowe was able to arrange Uncle Tom’s story in an approachable way that white people could easily understand.

Detailed explanation-5: -Uncle Tom’s Cabin was part of a large body of anti-slavery writing. Stowe borrowed from books by enslaved people including Josiah Henson, Lewis Clarke, and Solomon Northup. As a white woman, Stowe was seen as less threatening to white readers than Black abolitionists, helping her novel reach more readers.