jan 1, 1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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This novel helped foment the anti-slavery movement that would soon play an instrumental role in the Union effort in the Civil War. It detailed the various abuses and injustices of the institution of slavery, which created a mass outrage especially in the North, leading to a sectional divide of the nation.

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