SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
UNCLE TOMS CABIN
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The Confederacy (The South)
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The Union
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England
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Mexico
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Detailed explanation-1: -Uncle Tom’s Cabin was banned in the South shortly after being published in 1852. The South was not the only place that the novel was banned in. It was also banned in other countries, such as Russia, but for different reasons.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1984, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was ”forbidden” in a Waukegan, Illinois school district for its inclusion of racial slurs.
Detailed explanation-3: -Slavery and the Civil War By the 1850s, multiple states had outlawed expressing anti-slavery sentiments-which abolitionist author Harriet Beecher Stowe defied in 1851 with the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a novel that aimed to expose the evils of slavery.
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.