may 3, 1863 - Uncle Tom's Cabin
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This is a novel wrote by Harriet Beecher Stowe to boost opposition to the Fugitive Slave Act. This book was a cause toward the Civil war because Northerners and Southerners were divided even more over the issue of slavery. This book influenced Northern citizens to oppose the Fugitive Slave Act, and it led to many other acts that further split the United States. This book helped lead the United States toward the Civil War.
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