SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
UNCLE TOMS CABIN
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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That it was ok to own a slave
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That you shouldn’t have more than two slaves
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That Uncle Tom had a nice cabin
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That slavery was wrong
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Detailed explanation-1: -It brought slavery to life for many Northerners. It did not necessarily make these people devoted abolitionists, but the book began to move more and more Northerners to consider ending the institution of slavery. In 1862, Stowe met President Abraham Lincoln while she was visiting Washington, DC.
Detailed explanation-2: -A major theme in Uncle Tom’s Cabin is the problem of slavery and the treatment of humans as property, concepts that Stowe counterbalanced against the morality of Christianity. Stowe’s depiction of slavery in her novel was informed by her Christianity and by her immersion in abolitionist writings.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.