Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
20 Mar 1852
Causes: Stowe, an active abolitionist, wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" as a response to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
People: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Effects: Stowe's book became hugely influential in the North, where many people began to see slaveowners as cruel. Southerners loathed the novel's portrayal of slavery and how it fueled the abolition movement.