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After many years of harsh slavery one little book became the catalyst for the Civil War. Harriet Beecher Stowe was an Northern girl who's father got moved down South and she finally saw the real caps behind slavery Reminiscent of the news coverage to violent reaction to Civil Rights marches in the South during the 1960's, Harriet Beecher Stowe's book Uncle Tom's Cabin brought about a sense of outrage in America that had not previously been seen. Stowe's revealed the cruelty of slavery in the South and the complicity of its neighbors to the North. Her book, more than anything, galvanize White women to demand that slavery be abolition.
Many White women had been previously seeking rights for themselves. Their priorities, however, were changed by Mrs. Stowe's work. Abolitionist organizations sprang up all over the North. For the first time, White women saw themselves playing pivotal roles in the politics of the day. This polarized the North and South on the issue of the......

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