Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin

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This woman wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe

200

Uncle Tom's Cabin was published during this year

1852

300

How did Uncle Tom's Cabin lead to the rise of abolitionism

Led to rising tenions between North and South, as South continued to defend slavery

400

This was the biggest theatrical adaptation of Uncle Tom's cabin, showing for the first time in 1852

George Aiken's adaptation

Abolitionist Movement

100

This was the primary goal of the Abolitionist Movement that the novel helped pitch

End of slavery

200

The north was outraged over this 1850 federal law

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

300

How did the abolitionist movement lead to the civil war

Created division between North and South, leading to eventual confrontation

400

This religious revivalist movement sparked the abolitionist movement

2nd Great Awakening

Key People

100

This person was the abolitionist and novelist who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe

200

This big slave owner was from a very wealthy family that owned over 3000 slaves

Wade Hampton the 2nd

300

This person led 100+ slaves north and was the person Uncle Tom's character is based on

Josiah Henson

400

This abolitionist formed the American Antislavery Society

William Lloyd Garrison