Harriet Beecher Stowe Abolition

Harriet Beecher Stowe and American Abolitionist “So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that started this great little war”, said Abraham Lincoln. To some, Harriet`s book helped show the world the impact slavery had on the families and their selves. But with the political and economic arguments about slavery, Harriet Beecher Stowe`s book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” contributed to the outbreak of the war by personalizing the pain, suffering, and agony the slaves suffered. (Harriet Beecher Stowe center). Harriet got the inspiration for her book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” when her ‘slave’ was assumed to be a free one, but was really a runaway. Because of her ‘salve’ being a runaway Stowe saw the truth of how they were treated (Bland, Celia). If the …show more content…
The northern settlements did this because of her works that led against slavery (civilwar.com). Stowe urged Abraham Lincoln in 1862, to sign the emancipation proclamation; this would end slavery in the south (Bland, Celia). Before the emancipation proclamation a law called the fugitive slave law was the only thing about real law about slaves. Her book protested the fugitive law saying it was unlawful. Because of Stowe urging Lincoln to sign the emancipation proclamation she became hated (Bland, Celia). One chant made was “GO, go, go Harriet Beecher Stowe we don’t want you here in Virginny Go, go, go” (Bland, Celia). The story of Uncle Tom’s Cabin is of somewhat a patronizing portrayal of the cruelty, pain, heart break, and suffering, suffered by slaves through the south (shmoop.com). The story helped cease the abolitionist movement while being very dramatic (shmoop.com). Abraham Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation on January 1, 1863 as the nation approached its third year of a bloody battle called the civil