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__//**What is Uncle Toms Cabin?:**//__ Uncle Toms Cabin is a novel about anti-slavery. It provided a powerful voice for the slaves and it contradicted the favorable claims of the slaveowners concerning slavery.

__//**Who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin?:**//__ Uncle Toms Cabin was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. She was a white woman that grew up in an abolitionist home, and she was against slavery.

__//**When was Uncle Toms Cabin written?:**//__ Uncle Toms Cabin was written March 20, 1852.

__//**What impact did Uncle Toms Cabin have?:**//__ This amazing novel changed how Americans viewed slavery. Since it was written by a white woman and in the form of a novel, this book was able to reach a wide audience. By the end of a year 500,000 copies were sold world wide. The main character Uncle Tom is an African American that the audience would fall in love with, because of his character and integrity. However, his owner, Simon Legree, made the audience angry because he was cruel and evil. This book was able to convince the world that slavery supported evil people like Legree, and punished good people like Uncle Tom.

__//**How did Uncle Toms Cabin help cause the Civil War?:**//__ The book Uncle Tom's Cabin served as a voice for African-Americans and slaves. Many other slaves could not read or write, but they had stories about the suffering, beatings, and inhuman work conditions. Also, they had stories of family, culture, and faith within their community. This book helped to bring those stories to Northern people, and people around the world. Therefore, people were sympathetic, and willing to fight to end slavery. Abraham Lincon greeted Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1862 and said,"So your the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war." She influenced the Union to fight for their beliefs and help end slavery. www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/utc/ http://www.google.com/#q=uncle+tom's+cabin www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/utc/impact.shtml
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