Review Of Uncle Tom's Cabin, By Harriet Beecher-Stowe

As the American Civil War built up, tensions grew between pro-slavery and non-slavery groups. In fact, slavery was one of the main causes of the Civil War. Along with slavery, there were very many issues that had led to the Civil War, such as the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry. These three conflicts were some of the main contributors to the Civil War, and sparked one of the bloodiest battles in history. On March 20th, 1852, Harriet Beecher-Stowe published the book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written to expose the evils of slavery and show the people of America what slavery is really like. The North was shocked by how slaves were treated, which had soon created more Abolitionists. The South, however, took the book the opposite way. They had viewed Uncle Tom’s Cabin as Northern propaganda, and claimed that Beecher-Stowe was lying about slavery. The Southern Literary messenger illustrates their dissatisfaction with the book and how they claimed they were misrepresented. However, The National Era claims that Beecher-Stowe had educated the US about slavery. Uncle Tom’s Cabin sold very well, and just this one book raised tensions to a new level between the North and …show more content…
The Kansas-Nebraska act used the concept of Popular Sovereignty to decide whether the states of Kanas and Nebraska whether they are to be considered slave or non-slave states. This caused the people of Kansas and Nebraska to separate into opposing groups, they had high tensions, and soon violent events, such as Bleeding Kansas, had occurred. William Seward had responded to the act, and claimed that God will pick the best option. Soon, tensions grew even higher, and violence was inevitable. The cartoon, Arguments verses Club’s, shows Preston Brooks attacking Charles Sumter. Not even Congress was safe from the violence. War was coming, and the people of Kansas and Nebraska knew