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1. Despite the fact that President Lincoln made the comment in jest, Stowe's book had a significant role in igniting the abolitionist crusade, which was essential in pitting a country against itself for four trying years. The deadliest conflict in American history, the American Civil War, is sometimes attributed to Harriet Beecher Stowe. She continued in her attempts to liberate the slaves in the face of several challenges. In addition to writing Uncle Tom's Cabin, Stowe devoted her whole life to working to end slavery. During the American Civil War, she even assisted in the liberation of slaves. As a result of bringing greater attention to the plight of slaves, many historians believe that Uncle Tom's Cabin had a role in sparking the American Civil War. As a result of Uncle Tom's Cabin, the subject of slavery garnered unprecedented attention, particularly in the northern states. It shocked audiences by demonstrating that slaves lived their lives just like everyone else, having families, hopes, and wants while being treated as property and exposed to harsh circumstances and torture. Slavery was given a human face, making it less of a strange institution that only existed in the South. There was a lot of anger and resentment as a consequence. The success of the book led to a rise in anti-slavery sentiment across the North. A tiny but vocal minority started the abolitionist movement, which later expanded to involve a large section of the population and have an impact on national affairs. The publishing of Uncle Tom's Cabin infuriated slave owners in the South because it revealed their intent to conceal slavery. Despite Stowe's inclusion of sympathetic slave owners, many who disapproved of the book felt assaulted and duped; they stuck to their convictions that slavery was a necessary evil for the economy and that slaves were inherently inferior and incapable of taking care of themselves. Slavery, the primary cause of the Civil War, has been linked to the book in both North and South America. Northerners' moral outrage over slavery was bolstered by Stowe's representation, which they read and again. It lent credence to anti-slavery arguments proposed by abolitionists in the North and condemned those who defended slavery in the South. The Southerners saw the North as an existential danger due to its assistance to runaway slaves and its participation in the federal government's decision to outlaw slavery. Slavery upset Southerners because it increased business by decreasing labor expenses. This book was banned in some Southern states' libraries. The North and South gap became wider as its acceptance grew. Midway through the 1850s, the Republican Party was established in an attempt to stop the growth of slavery. Some individuals believe that the abolitionist movement that followed the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin contributed to Abraham Lincoln's victory in the 1860 election and ultimately led to the Civil War. I wholly bolster Lincoln's assertions since they are accurate. Uncle Tom's Cabin, indisputably the most divisive piece of literature in the United States, shaped views on slavery. Slavery was once a faraway subject, but readers were able to relate to the heroes and villains of the novel on a very personal level. Without a doubt, owing to Harriet Beecher Stowe's work, the anti-slavery movement in the North did not just consist of a few abolitionists. In the Lincoln-Douglas Debates and in his address at New York City's Cooper Union, Abraham Lincoln made his anti- slavery views known, which both helped create an environment that was supportive of Lincoln's victory in 1860. It is without a doubt true that Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel had the intended

political effect; nonetheless, to state that it was the direct cause of the Civil War's outbreak would be oversimplifying the situation.

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