SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
UNCLE TOMS CABIN
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It was funny
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It was important
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It meant a lot
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It was dunb
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Detailed explanation-1: -An abolitionist novel, it achieved wide popularity, particularly among white readers in the North, by vividly dramatizing the experience of slavery.
Detailed explanation-2: -In Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe shared ideas about the injustices of slavery, pushing back against dominant cultural beliefs about the physical and emotional capacities of black people. Stowe became a leading voice in the anti-slavery movement, and yet, her ideas about race were complicated.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Uncle Tom’s Cabin, written and published by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852, was the most popular 19th century novel and, after the Bible, was the second-best-selling book of that century. Over 300, 000 copies were sold in the United States in its first year alone.