Harriet Beecher Stowe

Was the Fugitive Slave Law Justified? When has it ever been right, or even legally okay to discriminate or kidnap human beings? The day the Fugitive Slave Law went into effect in 1850, it could be determined as unjust due to the law's unfairness to Americans across the nation, immorality, and unconstitutionality. The 13th amendment states in section I, "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist…

The increasing hostility between the North and the South, and ultimately secession of the South and the Civil War was unavoidable because both regions constantly bumped heads regarding slavery and states’ rights. When trying to decide how to resolve the issues, neither could produce an efficient and solid plan without offending each other. From proposing the Wilmot Proviso post-Mexican War to the election of Lincoln, the country was slowly slipping into an uneasy environment. The South…

Active "Calhounian" nullification created problems between conflicting interests of the state and the federal governments. This was primarily used against the tariff of abominations which earned southern animosity for Adams, as well as sparked the nullification crisis. South Carolina hosted a state convention which resulted in voting to nullify the Tariff of 1828 and to forbid the collections of duties in the state. Jackson saw this as treason and sent a warship to South Carolina. Jackson even…

Uncle Tom’s Cabin, an impactful novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that addresses the cruelties of slavery caused the people in the North (who were aristocrats/upper class citizens because they were literate) to realize that slavery should be destroyed as soon as possible. Although the abolitionists had a…

During the early establishment of the United States, Slavery marked the most deplorable episode in US history. Many Activists such as Frederik Douglas and Harriet Beecher Stowe fought arduously to end the institution in the nation. The narrative of Douglass and the Uncle Tom’s Cabin gave a voice to the oppressed by denouncing the atrocities committed to the slave population. Although their works allowed society to view this phenomenon from a different perspective; it wasn’t until 1865 when the…

(Document 2). This was in the South Carolina Declaration of Secession that said that if slavery were to be abolished, the South would lose its worth to the North. Varying opinions caused many disputes eventually leading up to the Civil War. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin that showed the hardships of living as a slave on a plantation, “Northerners felt as if their eyes had been opened to the horrors of slavery, while Southerners protested that Stowe’s work was slanderous” (Document…

Before the Civil War the North did not rely on slaves but on free labor, and the South did rely on slavery for their plantations. The South did eventually fight to keep slavery because they saw no moral wronging in it. The causes that slowly led up to the Civil War are the Kansas-Nebraska Act, John Brown 's assault on Harper 's Ferry, the North 's and the South 's belief of one another and how that belief was heightened, the Fugitive Slave Act- new and old, Uncle Tom 's Cabin, and the Dred Scott…

He became the minister of a Boston parish in 1803. Cultured, eloquent, and a persuasive writer, he became famed throughout New England for his oratorical gifts and as a theologian. In seriousness of purpose and in purity of character, Channing represented the strength and virtue of the old Puritan stock. His portrait, presenting him in the conventional black gown of the clergyman with the white bands at the neck, shows a face highly intellectual and refined, with features delicate, spiritual,…

What if the Bible was never created? Written over by over 40 different authors, over the span of 1400 to 1800 years, the Bible is the foundation in which many of us live by today. The Bible is a collection of stories that talk about Jesus Christ and his journey to help mankind. It also includes stories of this faithful followers and the creation of men by God. Different religions have different interpretation of the Bible which help us explain how we came to be. What if the Bible was never…

The civil war was a war between the Northern Union, and the Southern Confederate states. It will forever be known as the bloodiest battle in American history and left scars on the country that will never fully be healed. On December 20th, 1860, South Carolina seceded from the Northern Union. This was followed by many more states and they became known as the Confederacy. The political, social, economic differences between the North and the South, as well as the looming issue of slavery made the…