Uncle toms cabin civil war cause
Uncle toms cabin civil war cause
Civil war effects!
Written by: Bill of Rights Institute
By the end of this section, you will:
- Explain how regional differences related to slavery caused tension in the years leading up to the Civil War
In December , the writer Harriet Beecher Stowe visited the White House at a critical moment.
President Abraham Lincoln had issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation back in September after the Battle of Antietam, stating he would use his war powers as president to free the enslaved men and women in most Union-occupied areas of the Confederate states on January 1, Stowe had an audience with the president to make sure he kept that promise.
He reportedly asked, &#;Is this the little woman who made this great war?&#; Even though it is probably apocryphal, the question contains a great deal of truth about the impact of this important writer and her seminal novel, Uncle Tom&#;s Cabin.
Harriet Beecher was the daughter of the famous New England clergyman and social reformer Lyman Beecher and his