Uncle Tom's Cabin: Importance and plot summary (jun 5, 1851 – mar 20, 1852)
Description:
Cause:1. reaction to recently tightened fugitive slave laws
Effect:
1. attitude toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S.
- "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War"
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Date:
jun 5, 1851
mar 20, 1852
~ 9 months