Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)- "The book that made this great war"
KEY FIGURES:
Harriet Beecher Stowe- A mother of six children who published the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. Her desire to write the novel is primarily due to the passage of the Fugitive Slave law and was determined to notify the North of the wickedness of slavery.
-..."whose pen helped change the course of history"
- Witnessed the horrors of slavery briefly during a visit in Kentucky.
- Deep sources of her antislavery sentiments lay in the evangelical religious crusades of the Second Great Awakening.
WHAT IS IT?
-"This novel depicts the absolute horrors of slavery by laying bare its terribly inhumanity, especially its cruel splitting of families"(Pageant 409)
- Became widely popular in the North due its powerful imagery and emotional appeal. It became a sensational success abroad as well(Britain and France).
- It was translated into different languages and was put on stage in "Tom's shows"
-Received support from President Lincoln.
-A strong opposition to slavery in the nineteenth century along with John Browns Raid on Harper's Ferry
THE BIG PICTURE:
- No other novel in American history-in all history- can be compared with it as a political force.
- It made slavery appear almost as evil as it really was to millions of people.
- This novel put the motivation to start the Civil War- and win it.
-set the desire and determination to battle and wipe out the plague of slavery.
SOUTHERN REACTION:
- When realizing the texts popularity, they called the novel "unfair" and not true.
- "vile wretch in petticoats"
- South was furious and embittered when the saw that the Northerners were spreading these wicked "lies"
- Uncle Tom's Cabin did help start the Civil War.
- The novel fueled the determination in many hearts to abolish slavery for good.
Harriet Beecher Stowe- A mother of six children who published the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. Her desire to write the novel is primarily due to the passage of the Fugitive Slave law and was determined to notify the North of the wickedness of slavery.
-..."whose pen helped change the course of history"
- Witnessed the horrors of slavery briefly during a visit in Kentucky.
- Deep sources of her antislavery sentiments lay in the evangelical religious crusades of the Second Great Awakening.
WHAT IS IT?
-"This novel depicts the absolute horrors of slavery by laying bare its terribly inhumanity, especially its cruel splitting of families"(Pageant 409)
- Became widely popular in the North due its powerful imagery and emotional appeal. It became a sensational success abroad as well(Britain and France).
- It was translated into different languages and was put on stage in "Tom's shows"
-Received support from President Lincoln.
-A strong opposition to slavery in the nineteenth century along with John Browns Raid on Harper's Ferry
THE BIG PICTURE:
- No other novel in American history-in all history- can be compared with it as a political force.
- It made slavery appear almost as evil as it really was to millions of people.
- This novel put the motivation to start the Civil War- and win it.
-set the desire and determination to battle and wipe out the plague of slavery.
SOUTHERN REACTION:
- When realizing the texts popularity, they called the novel "unfair" and not true.
- "vile wretch in petticoats"
- South was furious and embittered when the saw that the Northerners were spreading these wicked "lies"
- Uncle Tom's Cabin did help start the Civil War.
- The novel fueled the determination in many hearts to abolish slavery for good.